Saskatchewan Roughriders rookie receiver makes waves in CFL debut

For Dhel Duncan-Busby, the signifier wasn’t excessively large successful his debut CFL game. Though helium did fumble his archetypal CFL reception, helium was capable to retrieve it and from past connected it was afloat steam ahead.

The Vancouver autochthonal was capable to amass an awesome 7 receptions for 92 yards against the Ottawa Redblacks connected Saturday, helping the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a 29 to 16 victory.

Now successful his 2nd week of prep for the Riders’ adjacent opponent, the Edmonton Elks, Duncan-Busby is becoming much comfy with the offence.

“Obviously I’m benignant of capable to settee my nerves down a batch much than what it was past week and conscionable getting different afloat week of getting reps volition marque maine much mentally sharp,” said Duncan-Busby.

For the archetypal twelvemonth Rider, it was the accelerated gait of the CFL crippled that caught him disconnected defender primitively and took immoderate getting utilized to.

“The speed, the velocity successful which the crippled is played, evidently these guys are present for a reason, they get paid for a reason. But honestly that doesn’t truly alteration overmuch of what I person to do. I conscionable gotta marque definite I fastener successful connected my assignments and bash what I gotta do,” said Duncan-Busby.

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He volition gully his 2nd commencement this play successful Edmonton and helium wants to proceed to beryllium to himself that helium does so person what it takes to excel arsenic a professional.

“It’s not adjacent validation for different people. it’s much oregon little proving it to myself that I bash beryllium and that I americium expected to beryllium present and that I tin play astatine this level,” said Duncan-Busby.