Hard work pays off for Riders’ receiver Alex Carroll
Alex Carroll’s road to the CFL hasn’t been a smooth ride.
The receiver was signed by the team this off-season as an undrafted free agent out of Queen’s but Carroll’s story dates back to his fourth year at Queen’s. That year, he suffered a knee injury. That injury likely prevented him from being selected in the 2014 CFL Draft.
The Victoria, B.C. native went back to school to finish out his fifth and final year. Carroll’s 52 catches for 875 yards and eight touchdowns in eight games earned Carroll an invite to the CFL’s regional combine in Edmonton.
Carroll’s performance at that event earned him an invite to the Riders mini-camp in Florida before he officially signed on with the team.