Meyers<\/a> signed a contract with the Bengals after he spent two years with Saskatchewan in the CFL. In 2025, he played 15 regular season games for the Green and White, recording 65 receptions for 1,056 yards and eight\u00a0touchdowns. He was part of the Riders team that won the 112th Grey Cup against the Montreal Alouettes, his first championship in his football\u00a0career.<\/p>\nThe 25-year-old Meyers expressed\u00a0gratitude to his parents who helped him pursue his dream.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey sacrificed and invested so much into me to make this dream alive. Whether it’s taking me to practice, training, making sure that I was able to chase my dream wholeheartedly and not having to sacrifice any other components of my life, either dream or job or move out,” Meyers said.<\/p>\n
“They were able to be the air under my wings to make sure I can fly and keep on going, no matter how long the journey takes.”<\/p>\n
When asked which teammates he wanted to thank for his success, Meyers narrowed it down to three.<\/p>\n
“As far as teammates are concerned, that’s another hard one. Everyone is like\u00a0family now, so I would say my top three are Trevor Harris, KeeSean Johnson, and Samuel Emilus,” Meyers said.<\/p>\n
“Sam, KeeSean, and I, were like my brothers. We’re together all day, every day, sharing our hearts on and off the field. Our families overlap. We’re really close.\u00a0Trevor is\u00a0like a big brother, I knew him before I got up there. So before I was able to establish a friendship with KeeSean and Sam, Trevor always made sure I was good, and we\u00a0connected on a whole other level.”<\/p>\n
Before the Riders, Meyers played for\u00a0Presbyterian College from 2018 to 2019 and\u00a0finished his NCAA career\u00a0with Delta State University from 2020 to 2022. Unlike other players from the United States who are unfamiliar with the CFL, Meyers already had a good idea about\u00a0the three-down league.<\/p>\n
“I’ve known about the CFL my whole life. My baseball coach is like a mentor and a second father. His brother, Paul, knows about the league. He’s been in multiple Grey Cups. He always mentioned\u00a0if the NFL doesn’t work out, you can play in the CFL, and you will do very well,” Meyers recalled.<\/p>\n
“I played running back growing up, but I was always\u00a0a natural athlete. I didn’t transition to receiver till college, and I made it to college because of my return ability. Paul said\u00a0in the CFL\u00a0you have that five-yard halo, you get an opportunity to return, that will suit you, that’s a good opportunity for you. It honestly didn’t come to fruition until about 2023 when I had an open tryout in Atlanta, Georgia\u00a0for Saskatchewan, I ended up signing like two or three weeks later.”<\/p>\n
The five-foot-10, 190-pound Meyers advised potential players about the benefits of joining the CFL and what it offers.<\/p>\n
“It’s a beautiful opportunity if you want to play professional football and make your dreams a reality. I think a lot of guys don’t really understand how fun playing professional football is. There’s\u00a0a disconnect between: \u2018It\u2019s NFL or bust,\u2019” Meyers said.<\/p>\n
“I was talking to my mother the other day,\u00a0I was telling her that I’ve had my most fun playing football in my whole career last year and there’s not many things that can\u00a0satisfy that feeling. The game, the camaraderie, the brotherhood, the experience, that’s really what you look for. When you play this game, it’s not the accolades, you’re playing this child’s game for fun. Everybody always says make sure you have fun with it and the CFL is fun.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Dohnte Meyers is\u00a0heading south to play in the NFL for the\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals. “That is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,4404,4398,1893,4397,4402,4401,4400,4399,82,4403],"class_list":["post-419616","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-country","tag-country-music","tag-radio","tag-regina-news","tag-reigna-pats","tag-rider-radio","tag-saskatchewan-roughriders","tag-saskatchewan-sports","tag-sports","tag-sportscage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419616","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=419616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}