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By Britton Gray/ CJME News

Riders release 18 ahead of regular-season

Jul 31, 2021 | 9:47 AM

The 2021 edition of the Saskatchewan Roughriders has now been revealed.

The green and white announced its final cuts Friday after CFL training camp ended the day before. It included the release of 18 players, 15 moved to the practice roster and two returning to school.

Former first-round NFL pick Paxton Lynch has made the team. Lynch signed with the Roughriders on June 28, 2021.

Lynch was taken by the Denver Broncos 26th overall in the 2016 NFL draft but only appeared in four games for the team over two seasons.

Lynch joins incumbent starter Cody Fajardo and second-season CFLer Isaac Harker on the team’s active roster as quarterbacks. Quarterback Mason Fine is on the practice roster.

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Wide receiver Paul McRoberts once again finds himself on the practice roster after another impressive camp in the CFL.

The Riders won’t be without Canadian depth at receiver in 2021. Mitch Picton, Brayden Lenius, Justin McInnis, Terrell Jana and Jake Harty all made the roster as Canadian receivers and slotbacks.

They will be joined by their American counterparts Shaq Evans, Kyran Moore and Jordan Williams-Lambert.

Offensive lineman Logan Ferland has made the active roster after spending 2019 on the practice roster. He is joined by fellow Canadians Mattland Riley, Josiah St. John, Evan Johnson, Dan Clark and Brett Boyko. Tackle Terran Vaughn is the lone American on the active roster.

The linebackers will feature returning CFLer Deon Lacey, who played in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins from 2017-19. Also on the roster is AJ Hendy – who had been moved from defensive back to linebacker during training camp – Gary Johnson Jr. and Nigel Harris along with Canadians Micah Teitz, Kevin Francis, Jordan Herdman-Reed, and Justin Herdman-Reed.

The defensive end position will feature AC Leonard, in his third season with the green and white. Joining him, and in an effort to replace Charleston Hughes, is Keion Adams, Jonathan Woodard, Pete Robertson and Canadian Jordan Reaves. Inside at defensive tackle is the returning Micah Johnson and Canadian Makana Henry along with newcomer Garrett Marino. Canadian Charbel Dabire was placed on the practice roster.

The full list of moves is as follows:

Added to practice roster

• Defensive back Christian Campbell;
• Defensive lineman Alain Cimankinda;
• Defensive lineman Charbel Dabire;
• Quarterback Mason Fine;
• Linebacker DeMarquis Gates;
• Offensive lineman Cameron Jefferson;
• Defensive lineman Anthony Lanier II;
• Offensive lineman Andrew Lauderdale;
• Wide receiver Ricardo Louis;
• Wide receiver Paul McRoberts;
• Running back Jamal Morrow;
• Wide receiver Kian Schaffer-Baker;
• Punter Ben Scruton;
• Linebacker Matthew Thomas;
• Defensive back Damon Webb

Returned to school

• Linebacker A.J. Allen;
• Offensive lineman Logan Bandy

Released

• Defensive back Jeremy Clark;
• Offensive lineman Carter Comeau;
• Quarterback Tom Flacco;
• Offensive lineman Antonio Garcia;
• Defensive back Deiondre Hall;
• Defensive lineman Demetrius Harris;
• Wide receiver Carlos Henderson;
• Defensive back Jacob Janke;
• Defensive back Lorenzo Jerome;
• Wide receiver Charone Peake;
• Linebacker Michael Pinckney;
• Fullback David Savard;
• Wide receiver Randy Satterfield;
• Defensive lineman Sterling Shippy;
• Defensive back Michael Stevens;
• Wide receiver Jordan Suell;
• Defensive back DQ Thomas;
• Running back Ralph Webb