CFL NOTEBOOK: RIDERS, BOMBERS, ARGOS MAKE MOVES

REGINA – The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed assistant general managers Kyle Carson and Paul Jones to two-year contract extensions.

Jones will be entering his sixth season as assistant GM for Saskatchewan, having joined the club back in 2019.

He spent 21 years with the Edmonton Elks and got his start in the CFL with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Jones has also worked with the Toronto Argonauts and the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, and has been with five Grey Cup-winning teams.

Carson is going into his third season as assistant GM, having been promoted from being director of player personnel when he first joined the Riders in 2019.

He spent eight years with the Calgary Stampeders prior to joining Saskatchewan and has been with two Grey Cup-winning teams.

Former Roughrider receiver and Plaza of Honour inductee Dan Farthing rejoins the Roughriders, this time in Football Operations as the Head of Strength and Conditioning.

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American all-star defensive back Deatrick Nichols to a two-year extension, the CFL team announced Thursday.

Nichols was scheduled to become a free agent in February.

The five-foot-nine, 180-pound Miami native played in 47 career regular-season games for Winnipeg, recording 126 defensive tackles, one sack, four interceptions and one forced fumble.

He helped the Blue Bombers win the Grey Cup in 2021, and was a CFL all-star in ’21 and ’22.

Nichols had 37 defensive tackles over 18 games last season as Winnipeg made it to its fourth straight Grey Cup final, losing 28-24 to the Montreal Alouettes in Hamilton.

(Canadian Press)

TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts Football Club announced today they have re-signed Canadian WR Tommy Nield and Canadian DB Jamie Harry.

Nield, 24, had a career year in 2023 after posting 32 receptions for 384 yards in nine games played. The fourth-round draft choice by the Argos in the 2021 CFL Draft out of McMaster University has spent three years with the Boatmen, totaling 575 yards on 42 catches with one touchdown.

Harry, 29, played five games with the Argos last season, recording 12 tackles after being signed in August. The 6’2, 217lb defensive back was an original draft choice of the Boatmen in 2019, 38^th overall, but was released and signed by B.C. that season, playing in one game for the Lions. The UOttawa alum would play 10 games for B.C. in 2021 and two in 2022 before being released and signing with Edmonton.

(Argos PR)