With the sun shining, the Saskatchewan Roughriders got their first chance to see how the team could look in 2026.<\/p>\n
Training camp for CFL clubs kicked off on Sunday as the players who helped bring Saskatchewan its fifth Grey Cup<\/a> title last November took the field for the first time after rookie camp concluded on Friday.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, Happy Mother\u2019s Day to all the moms out there \u2014 we love you and appreciate you,\u201d head coach Corey Mace<\/a> said.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n \u201cIt was excellent. It was so awesome last night to see everyone piled into one room. It\u2019s one of the best days of the year. To get them out here today and have them compete, you could tell the intensity of practice was a little higher and the speed is faster. Hell of a day one.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the players who looked good on the first day was veteran quarterback Trevor Harris<\/a>. The 39-year-old looked sharp and completed two great deep balls over defenders \u2014 one to All-CFL receiver KeeSean Johnson<\/a> and one to rookie Daniel Wiebe.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fun because I get to take reps and that\u2019s when it\u2019s a lot of fun because you get to be a guy in there and see it and do all the things you like to do,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great to have the guys back together. You do all the offshore work and do tons of things but when you get the guys back together, it\u2019s a certain feeling you can\u2019t replicate in your gut and heart and your brothers here.\u201d<\/p>\n One of the interesting developments from the first day was the Riders employed four Canadian wide receivers with Harris and the rest of the starting offence \u2014 the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian Sam Emilus, Kian Schaffer-Baker, Dhel Duncan-Busby, and Wiebe.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s early and you shouldn\u2019t read into it too much but guys that are out there at certain times, they have earned the right to take those reps,\u201d Mace said. \u201cTraining camp is about maintaining those.\u201d<\/p>\n After attending camp last year, Wiebe went on to have a stellar 2025 with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies. He recorded 78 catches for 1,257 yards and 13 touchdowns as he was named the Canada West Player of the Year.<\/p>\n But it was his performance last season at Riders camp that got him onto the radar of Harris.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought he was awesome last year,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a stud. I really love him. He\u2019s one of those guys where you tell him to do something, he does it and he asks the right questions. I think he has a bright future ahead of him and couldn\u2019t be more excited for a guy like that \u2014 you get a local guy, but he\u2019s a baller. He\u2019s not here just because he\u2019s from Saskatchewan; he is a beast.\u201d<\/p>\n Day two of training camp goes on Monday at Griffiths Stadium. It is expected to start around 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Riders cuts<\/p>\n Following rookie camp, the team announced a number of roster moves.<\/p>\n It announced kicker Alex Hale, offensive lineman Justin Osborne, defensive end Aaron Patrick and wide receiver Freddie Swain were added to the retired list.<\/p>\n Swain came to camp after a number of years in the CFL. Patrick was a member of the Riders last season and appeared in 16 games, mostly in a special teams role.<\/p>\n It also announced the releases of defensive lineman Sundiata Anderson, running back Peny Boone, receiver Collin Brunstein, defensive back D\u2019Angelo Mandell, defensive back Austin McKinney, defensive lineman Kevin Orange Jr., defensive lineman Nathan Pickering and offensive lineman Dartanyan Tinsley.<\/p>\n Linebacker Ryder Varga was added to the six-game injured list. Varga signed with the Riders at the start of rookie camp after spending last season with the Toronto Argonauts. The former University of Regina Ram suffered a torn ACL last September.<\/p>\n NOTES: Defensive back Tevaughn Campbell was not a participant at camp on Sunday. Mace said he missed it due to personal reasons \u2026 Defensive back Marcus Sayles also had a good day of camp. The veteran defensive back undercut two routes, intercepting one pass but dropping another one \u2026 American linebacker Antoine Brooks Jr. has changed his jersey number to five. Defensive lineman Caleb Sanders, who also did not participate on Sunday, has changed his to 99.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the sun shining, the Saskatchewan Roughriders got their first chance to see how the team could look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-661799","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\/661799","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=661799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}