{"id":927624,"date":"2026-10-10T09:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927624\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:48:29","slug":"campbell-sexton-set-to-return-to-riders-after-lengthy-injury-spells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927624\/","title":{"rendered":"Campbell, Sexton set to return to Riders\u2019 after lengthy injury spells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Saskatchewan Roughriders looking for a spark, two players with big-play capabilities are set to return to the lineup this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/09\/28\/tevaughn-campbell-returns-to-practice-as-riders-prepare-for-calgary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Speedy defensive back Tevaughn Campbell<\/a> (forearm) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/07\/02\/mathew-sexton-to-make-cfl-debut-emilus-and-schaffer-baker-to-start-for-riders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dynamic returner Mathew Sexton<\/a> (leg) are both healthy and appear ready to rejoin a Riders team that has lost three in a row.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like it\u2019s been a long time coming. I haven\u2019t played in so long. Just to get back on the field with the guys, especially in practice, to relearn the guys and relearn how they play certain plays,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cIt\u2019s good to be out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Campbell has been out since Week 9 of the CFL season after breaking his forearm in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/08\/01\/saskatchewan-roughriders-win-the-rematch-defeat-elks-in-edmonton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riders\u2019 28-26 win<\/a> over the Edmonton Elks. Since that game, Saskatchewan has a 3-5 mark and have yet to clinch a playoff spot despite a 6-2 start to the season. Campbell was tied for the CFL lead with six interceptions last season.<\/p>\n<p>The past two games, Saskatchewan\u2019s defence has surrendered 375 yards and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/09\/25\/lions-pounce-with-big-plays-beat-riders-31-24-to-jump-into-second-in-the-west\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">four touchdowns to B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke,<\/a> and then last week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/10\/02\/saskatchewan-roughriders-lose-37-31-to-calgary-stampeders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Stampeders<\/a> quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 242 yards and four touchdowns. Saskatchewan also didn\u2019t force either of those quarterbacks to throw an interception.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell believes attention to detail is what can help this team get things back on track for the final three games of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of communication and mental errors where guys are making the little mistakes. Sometimes it goes unnoticed, but when it is noticed, it\u2019s noticed big,\u201d Campbell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we just need to cut those things out and just be on our game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sexton only played in two games this season but made a big impact in the return game.<\/p>\n<p>He averaged 31 yards per punt return which included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2026\/07\/09\/full-circle-moment-sexton-scores-punt-return-touchdown-in-riders-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">101-yard touchdown against the Ottawa Redblacks.<\/a> He has been out 12 weeks after suffering a serious leg injury against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a long process. I\u2019m thankful for the guys in the treatment room and Dan (Farthing) upstairs, he did a really good job too, so it\u2019s back to work. Let\u2019s get back to it,\u201d Sexton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight when it happened, I knew (it was bad). I felt it pop. I felt it dangling to the right a little bit but it\u2019s not the first time I have been injured. I have had a few surgeries prior so it\u2019s just the same process \u2014 going through the X-ray and them saying it\u2019s not nearly as bad as we thought it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good mentally but it sounds good in the moment but once you get a few weeks in, it starts taking a toll on your mind for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both will look to help the Riders pull off an upset on the road in Montreal against the Alouettes on Thanksgiving Monday. Kickoff for the game is set for 11 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/green-zone-game-day\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Green Zone pregame show begins at 9 a.m.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the Saskatchewan Roughriders looking for a spark, two players with big-play capabilities are set to return to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-927624","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\/927624","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=927624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}