‘Like preparing for a test:’ O’Day, Riders ready to tackle 2024 draft
Jeremy O’Day is hoping all the studying and film work pays off when the CFL draft gets underway.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders general manager and his staff have been hard at work over the past few months to prepare for the third overall pick during Tuesday’s draft, which gets underway at 6 p.m.
“It’s kind of like preparing for a test. You have been studying for a long time and you get to that time before the test and you start to say ‘Did I forget about this? Did I miss this?’ I don’t want to say you’re cramming, but you’re throwing on video of 15 guys in the draft and you’re watching them again to make sure that where you have them is the right spot,” O’Day told reporters on Monday at Mosaic Stadium.
The Riders will pick third after the team’s disappointing 6-12 season in 2023. The Riders also held the third pick last year and used it to draft defensive end Lake Korte-Moore.