Darian Durant is one of three 2024 inductees into the Roughriders' Plaza of Honour. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu)

By CJME News Staff

Durant, Shivers, Molnar added to Riders’ Plaza of Honour

Jun 12, 2024 | 12:32 PM

Three Roughrider legends will be inducted into the team’s Plaza of Honour this fall.

This year’s inductees are quarterback Darien Durant, general manager Roy Shivers and running back Steve Molnar.

Steve Mazurak, who chairs the selection committee, said he couldn’t think of three more deserving people to induct in 2024.

“Darian Durant and Steve Molnar have seven Grey Cup appearances between them, and Roy Shivers made history when he hired Danny Barrett to become the first Black GM/Head Coach tandem in professional football,” Mazurak said in a statement.

“On behalf of all of Rider Nation, as well as the selection committee, I want to congratulate them on this great honour.”

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Durant, who spent 10 years with the Riders, is best remembered for leading the team to its most recent Grey Cup win in 2013. He was the Riders’ most-outstanding player in 2009 and 2010, and held the CFL’s passing record in 2010 with 5,542 yards.

Molnar, who is being inducted posthumously, played with Saskatchewan from 1969 to 1978, rushing for 2,549 yards and 20 touchdowns, while also catching passes for another 1,552 yards and two more touchdowns. Born in Saskatoon, Molnar was the son of a former Roughrider, Steve Molnar Sr., who played for the team in 1943. The younger Molnar appeared in Grey Cup games in ‘69, ‘72 and ‘76.

Shivers, the first Black general manager in the league’s history, joined the Riders in 1999 and stayed in the role until 2006. His keen eye for talent led him to sign or recruit 11 players who would go on to join the Plaza of Honour themselves. In a single trade in 2006, he obtained Durant and Kerry Joseph, who both went on to win Grey Cups as quarterbacks. Shivers was inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame as a builder for his role drawing talent to Saskatchewan and several other teams around the league.

The induction will be made official during a halftime ceremony at Mosaic Stadium on Oct. 12 as the Riders take on the visiting B.C. Lions.