BC Lions<\/a> 41st overall in the 2022 CFL Draft after playing defensive end collegiately. He converted to long snapper in 2023 and to fullback in 2025.<\/p>\n\u201cRiley embodies the grit and toughness we\u2019re looking for, as we continue to build this roster,\u201d stated Lions General Manager Ryan Rigmaiden.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love his story of converting from a U-Sports defensive end into one of the best fullbacks and special teams players in the league. He\u2019s going to continue to get better on the field and remain a leader in the locker room. We\u2019re lucky to have him on our team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pickett caught 7 passes this past season for 56 yards and rushed 3 times for 6 yards. He made 11 tackles on special teams over the regular season and 2 in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
Pickett played for the Saskatchewan Huskies from 2018 to 2021, appearing in 30 games. He recorded 198 total tackles (65 solo, 43 assisted), 21 tackles for a loss, 14 sacks, 6 knockdowns, 2 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries with the program. The Huskies won a Hardy Cup in 2018 and made it to the Vanier Cup in 2021. Pickett was recognized as a Canada West All-Star in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BC Lions announced on Friday that they have signed Canadian fullback Riley Pickett to a 2 year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-342681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}