Defensive back Ed Gainey (11) celebrates his pick-six in the Roughriders 35-16 victory over the B.C. Lions on Oct. 27, 2017. (Saskatchewan Roughriders)

By Britton Gray

Roughriders bring back Gainey for 2020 season

Feb 6, 2020 | 2:21 PM

Ed Gainey will be back patrolling the secondary for the Saskatchewan Roughriders next season.

The CFL team announced Thursday it has signed the 29-year-old defensive back to a one-year contract extension, keeping him with the team through the 2020 campaign. He was eligible to become a free agent Tuesday.

A product of Winston-Salem, N.C., Gainey is entering his fifth season with the Roughriders and ninth in the CFL. Gainey played in all 18 regular-season games for the Green and White in 2019, recording 56 tackles and two interceptions.

Gainey has played in 114 career CFL games and has accumulated 272 tackles, 34 special-teams tackles, one sack, 20 interceptions, four touchdowns and four forced fumbles.

He was named a CFL all-star in 2017 and 2018 and was the Roughriders’ nominee for the CFL’s most outstanding defensive player award in 2017 after a 10-interception campaign.

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