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<\/p>\nBecoming a Grey Cup winner fuelled D\u2019Sean Mimbs throughout the winter.<\/p>\n
The celebration of the fifth CFL championship in Saskatchewan Roughriders history had yet to abate when Mimbs, coming off his rookie season, resolved to elevate his off-season workouts and, ultimately, his game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith winning the Grey Cup and everything after that, I want to feel that again,\u201d he said after Wednesday\u2019s practice at Mosaic Stadium. \u201cI work as hard as I can to be able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mimbs and the Roughriders derived rewards from his training regimen \u2014 which included three workouts per weekday during the off-season \u2014 when he played a key role in Saturday\u2019s 28-26 victory over the Edmonton Elks.<\/p>\n
Late in the third quarter, he made an 18-yard catch in traffic on the Elks\u2019 seven-yard line to move the chains on second-and-five.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was a huge play in the game,\u201d quarterback Trevor Harris said.<\/p>\n
Mimbs\u2019 longest reception in the pro ranks set up a short touchdown run by Tommy Stevens that put Saskatchewan ahead 20-16 in a battle of the West Division\u2019s top two seeds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember going to line up and Trevor yelled something at me,\u201d Mimbs said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what he said. I just went and lined up, ran a route, kind of slowed down, and he threw it to me. AlI I knew what to do was go and catch it.\u201d<\/p>\n
That he did.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was a great soft-hands catch,\u201d Harris noted.<\/p>\n
With that one key reception, Mimbs equalled the yardage produced by his previous three catches as a Roughrider.<\/p>\n
The former Winston Knoll Wolverines and University of Regina Rams standout had one reception for five yards in four games as a rookie in 2025.<\/p>\n
In six appearances this year, he has three catches for 31 yards.<\/p>\n
A sixth-round selection (50th overall) in the 2024 CFL Canadian Draft, Mimbs made his first start for the Roughriders in their third game of this season.<\/p>\n
He was listed as the team\u2019s sixth receiver for last weekend\u2019s contest, but injuries led to his ascent to front-line duty during the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou reap what you sow,\u201d Head Coach Corey Mace said. \u201cThe kid put in a lot of work this off-season, so he\u2019s getting the return on that investment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oftentimes with investing, it is important to play the long game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just want to keep doing it over and over again,\u201d the Regina-born Mimbs said. \u201cI want to keep on working and hopefully I get those opportunities again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Roughriders will be without one Canadian pass-catcher for Friday\u2019s home game against the Ottawa REDBLACKS.<\/p>\n
Kian Schaffer-Baker has been ruled out due to a knee injury he sustained during the third quarter in Edmonton. He has 45 catches for 704 yards and four touchdowns for the 5-2 Roughriders.<\/p>\n
Fellow receiver Samuel Emilus, who missed Saturday\u2019s game with a foot injury, is listed as questionable for Friday. He did not practise on Tuesday or Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Receiver\/returner James Letcher Jr. (forearm) will not play on Friday. He was a limited participant in Wednesday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n
Daniel Johnson, who started at left guard last week, was sidelined by an illness on Wednesday. He is questionable for the Ottawa game.<\/p>\n
Also questionable is linebacker Josh Woods, who has an ankle injury.\u00a0 He was a limited participant in Wednesday\u2019s workout.<\/p>\n
Defensive tackle Ali Saad (calf injury) is out for Friday after being limited in back-to-back practices.<\/p>\n
Cornerback Tevaughn Campbell (forearm), fullback Albert Awachie (ankle) and offensive lineman Zack Fry (knee) are also listed as out for the upcoming game.<\/p>\n
Offensive lineman Darius Bell (ankle) and defensive back Nelson Lokombo (ankle) are both available.<\/p>\n
Bell, the Roughriders\u2019 third-round draftee (29th overall) in 2026, has yet to play in his first CFL game.<\/p>\n
Lokombo, a starter for most of the past two seasons, has missed five of the first seven games this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Becoming a Grey Cup winner fuelled D\u2019Sean Mimbs throughout the winter. The celebration of the fifth CFL championship…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-847591","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\/847591","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=847591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}