15003002 15003002, CFL, american football, medtop:15000000, professional sport, sport, sport, american football, professional sport, CFL, medtop:15000000, 15003002 Toronto Argonauts at Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium on Jun 26, 2026..Featured: Kian SCHAFFER-BAKER (89).Photographed by: Arthur Ward
This much is assured: The Saskatchewan Roughriders will field a receiving corps on Friday when they oppose the Ottawa REDBLACKS in the nation’s capital.
Now, who might those receivers be?
“I can’t say that I know much different than you at this moment,” Roughriders Head Coach Corey Mace told reporters after Wednesday’s practice at Mosaic Stadium.
“It’s good that we’ve got another day to figure that out (before declaring the final roster), but whoever we end up putting out there, we have full trust.”
The names of six receivers have appeared on the Roughriders’ injury list this week: Samuel Emilus (ankle), Kian Schaffer-Baker (oblique), Jaylen Johnson (shoulder), Dhel Duncan-Busby (shoulder), James Letcher Jr. (elbow) and Dylan Djete (quadriceps).
Emilus and Schaffer-Baker were both injured in last Friday’s matchup with the Toronto Argonauts at Mosaic Stadium. Neither player practised on Monday before being listed as limited for Tuesday’s workout and as a full participant on Wednesday.
As for game status, Emilus is questionable. Schaffer-Baker is listed as available.
Duncan-Busby, who missed the past two games, did not practise on Monday but was a full participant on Tuesday and Wednesday. He is available for Friday’s game.
Johnson, who has started Saskatchewan’s first three games this season, was a full participant on Tuesday and Wednesday after sitting out Monday’s workout. He is listed as out for Friday.
Letcher Jr., the Roughriders’ principal returner, was injured early in the Toronto game. He has not practised this week and will not play on Friday. His spot will likely be taken by newcomer Mathew Sexton.
Djete, who was chosen by Saskatchewan in the second round of the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft, has been a limited participant in practice throughout this week. Before that, he had been sidelined by a quadriceps injury since training camp. He will not play on Friday.
KeeSean Johnson and D’Sean Mimbs are the only members of last week’s starting receiving corps who have not appeared on the injury list this week.
Injury-related flux in the receiving corps is hardly novel for the Roughriders.
“Last year, we lost Sam and Schaff for the whole season, essentially,” said Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris, the 2025 Grey Cup MVP. “Sam played seven games. Schaff played, essentially, two and wasn’t really super-healthy for the games he played. Dohnte (Meyers, now of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals) missed the end of the (regular season). KeeSean missed the last four games.
“It’s not like it’s something new for us. It’s not, ‘Oh no! What do we do?’ ”
Defensive back Nelson Lokombo, who sat out back-to-back games with an ankle injury, practised full-out on Wednesday after being limited for the previous two days. He is available for the Ottawa game.
Running back A.J. Ouellette (ankle) is questionable after being limited in practice for all three days this week. The two-time 1,000-yard rusher missed last Friday’s game.
Listed as out for the game in Ottawa — along with the aforementioned receivers — are defensive linemen Benoit Marion (shoulder) and Ali Saad (calf) and linebackers Jayden Dalke (hand) and Ryder Varga (knee).
