Another standout performance has earned Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver KeeSean Johnson recognition from the CFL.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Johnson was named one of the league\u2019s Players of the Week for his efforts in Saturday\u2019s 28-24 victory over the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old hauled in 10 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown. Two of his receptions went for more than 30 yards, while three moved the chains on second down.<\/p>\n
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Johnson stepping up for Saskatchewan<\/p>\n
With injuries to key receivers Kian Schaffer-Baker and Samuel Emilus, Johnson has emerged as a consistent offensive threat for the Green and White.<\/p>\n
He currently ranks second on the team with 77 receptions, while sitting third in receiving yards with 990 and receiving touchdowns with seven.<\/p>\n
Johnson has been no stranger to league recognition this season. This marks the third time he has been named a CFL Player of the Week.<\/p>\n
BC Lions running back Zander Horvath and Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros were also recognized for their performances in Week 13.<\/p>\n
The Roughriders will return to action Sunday when they host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a key Western Division matchup. Saskatchewan enters the game with a two-point advantage over both Winnipeg and the BC Lions for second place in the division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another standout performance has earned Saskatchewan Roughriders wide receiver KeeSean Johnson recognition from the CFL. On Tuesday, Johnson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-879743","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\/879743","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=879743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}