Roughriders sign star receiver/returner Mario Alford to contract extension

The Saskatchewan Roughriders person signed American receiver/returner Mario Alford to a declaration extension, the CFL squad announced Wednesday.

Alford was 4th successful the league with 2,071 all-purpose yards successful 2004, his 3rd play with the Roughriders.

He was 3rd successful the league successful punt instrumentality yards (801), kickoff instrumentality yards (1,077) and mean yards per kickoff instrumentality (23.9). Alford was 1 of lone 3 players to registry a kickoff instrumentality touchdown successful 2024, moving 1 backmost 101 yards.

Alford joined the Roughriders via a commercialized with Montreal successful Week 5 of the 2022 play and went connected to beryllium named the CFL’s outstanding peculiar teams player.

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He returned a missed tract extremity 112 yards for a touchdown, had kickoff instrumentality touchdowns of 98 and 92 yards and a punt instrumentality TD of 104 yards that season, becoming the 5th subordinate successful CFL past to instrumentality a kickoff, a punt and a missed tract extremity for a touchdown successful a azygous campaign.

He was a West Division all-star successful 2023 aft returning 88 punts for 978 yards and 3 touchdowns.