Riders beat Lions to punch ticket to CFL West final
Nov 03, 2024
The Riders are back in the West final for the first time since 2021.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added another running back to their locker room.
B.J. Emmons was announced as the newest member of the CFL team on Sunday.
The Riders only had one running back — Kienan LaFrance — available to them in a 31-13 loss to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday. LaFrance was injured in the first half of the game.
Saskatchewan was already without Frankie Hickson (wrist), Jamal Morrow (hand) and Shaun Wilson (groin). The team signed Shaq Cooper on Friday but he could not be added to the active roster.
Emmons was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2021 but spent training camp and the pre-season with the Las Vegas Raiders. The 25-year-old also had brief stints on the Seahawks’ and Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice rosters that season and later signed with the Houston Texans.
The North Carolina product spent two collegiate seasons (2019-20) at Florida Atlantic University. He had 88 carries for 353 yards and seven touchdowns over nine games.
Prior to that, Emmons played at Hutchinson Community College (2017) and recorded 694 rushing yards on 150 carries with 10 touchdowns.
He spent his 2016 season at the University of Alabama. In six games, Emmons registered 35 rushing attempts for 173 yards and one score.