Veteran receivers Bagg, Grant and Owens among Roughriders' final cuts
The Riders and all teams have until tomorrow morning to cut their roster to 46 players
It seems veteran receivers Rob Bagg, Bakari Grant and Chad Owens won't be with the Saskatchewan Roughriders this season.
The three were reportedly among Saskatchewan's final cuts Saturday. CFL teams have until 9:00 a.m. CST on Sunday to reduce their rosters to 46 active players.
The Roughriders didn't divulge its final moves but both Bagg and Grant took to social media to say goodbye to Riders fans while a CFL source said Owens was released.
The players took to Twitter to express their sentiments, with Bagg tweeting a thank you.
THANK YOU RIDER NATION.
—@R_Bagg6Grant said on his official Twitter account: "Thank you for one of the Most fun years of football Rider Nation! Every good thing must come to an end....calilife."
Teams must identify three quarterbacks and carry at least 21 Canadians. Clubs can also have up to 10 players on their practice rosters.
The six-foot, 192-pound Bagg, a native of Kingston, Ont., spent nine seasons with Saskatchewan, earning a Grey Cup ring in 2013. Bagg had 364 career catches for 4,705 yards with 24 TDs in 139 career regular season games.
Grant, 30, registered career highs in catches (84) and yards (1,033) last year, his first with Saskatchewan. The six-foot-four, 205-pound Oakland native also spent time in the CFL with Hamilton and Calgary.
Owens, 36, played just three games last season, recording 17 catches for 235 yards and a TD. He started training camp well but suffered a shoulder injury and didn't play in Saskatchewan's 39-12 exhibition loss to the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night.