2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season

{{Short description|CFL team season}}

{{Infobox NFL team season

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| team = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| year = 2020

| record = N/A

| division_place = N/A, West

| coach = Craig Dickenson

| general manager = Jeremy O'Day

| stadium = Mosaic Stadium

| playoffs = Season cancelled

| MOP =

| MOC =

| MOR =

| uniform =

| shortnavlink = Roughriders seasons

}}

The 2020 Saskatchewan Roughriders season was scheduled to be the 63rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League. It would have been the club's 111th year overall, and its 105th season of play. This would have been the second season under head coach Craig Dickenson and general manager Jeremy O'Day.

Training camps, pre-season games, and regular season games were initially postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan. The CFL announced on April 7, 2020 that the start of the 2020 season would not occur before July 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/04/07/ambrosie-issues-statement-behalf-cfl/|title=Ambrosie issues statement on behalf of CFL|publisher=cfl.ca|date=April 7, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2020}} On May 20, 2020, it was announced that the league would likely not begin regular season play prior to September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/05/20/cfl-issues-update-regarding-2020/|title=CFL provides update regarding 2020|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=May 20, 2020|access-date=May 20, 2020}} On August 17, 2020 however, the season was officially cancelled due to COVID-19.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/08/17/cfl-not-play-shortened-season-fall/|title=CFL not to play shortened season in the fall|publisher=Canadian Football League|date=August 17, 2020}}

Offseason

=CFL National Draft=

The 2020 CFL National Draft took place on April 30, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://press.cfl.ca/cfl-to-hold-global-player-combines-in-europe-mexico-and-japan|title=CFL to hold global player combines in Europe, Mexico and, and Japan|publisher=press.cfl.ca|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 20, 2019}} The Roughriders had seven selections in the eight-round draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/draft-tracker/2020/|title=2020 CFL Draft|website=CFL.ca|language=en|access-date=May 1, 2020}} The team forfeited their third-round pick after selecting Jake Bennett in the 2019 Supplemental Draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/26/roughriders-select-ol-jake-bennett-supplemental-draft/|title=Roughriders select OL Jake Bennett in Supplemental Draft|date=June 26, 2019|work=CFL.ca}} The Roughriders also traded their second-round pick to the Montreal Alouettes in a trade for Philip Blake and Patrick Lavoie.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2018/10/10/riders-acquire-blake-lavoie-trade-als/|title=Riders acquire Blake, Lavoie in trade with Als|date=2018-10-10|work=CFL.ca|access-date=2018-10-10|language=en-US}} They regained a selection in the trade for Zach Collaros to Toronto.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2019/07/31/argos-acquire-zach-collaros-riders/|title=Zach's Back: Argos acquire Collaros from Riders|date=July 31, 2019}}

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! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Round

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Pick

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Player

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Position

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | University Team

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Hometown

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| 1

7Mattland RileyOLSaskatchewanMelfort, SK
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| 4

30Kian Schaffer-BakerWRGuelphMississauga, ON
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| 4

35Junior AllenLBGuelphBurlington, ON
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| 5

44Vincent DethierDBMcGillBoisbriand, QC
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| 6

53Jonathan Femi-ColeRBWesternVaughan, ON
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| 7

62Jesse LawsonOLCarletonSurrey, BC
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| 8

71Neville GallimoreDLOklahomaOttawa, ON

=CFL Global Draft=

The 2020 CFL Global Draft was scheduled to take place on April 16, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/01/27/key-dates-circle-calendar-2020/|title=Key dates to circle on your calendar in 2020|date=January 27, 2020|website=CFL.ca|language=en|access-date=April 7, 2020}} However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this draft and its accompanying combine were postponed to occur just before the start of training camp, which was ultimately cancelled.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/03/24/cfl-global-draft-rescheduled-lead-event-prior-training-camp/|title=CFL Global Draft rescheduled as lead-in event prior to training camp|date=March 24, 2020|website=CFL.ca|language=en|access-date=April 7, 2020}} The Roughriders were scheduled to select seventh in each round with the number of rounds never announced.

Planned schedule

=Preseason=

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style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Week

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Game

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Date

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Kickoff

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Opponent

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | TV

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Venue

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | A

| colspan=10 align="center" valign="middle" | Bye

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | B

! align="center" | 1

| align="center" | Sat, May 30

| align="center" | 2:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Calgary Stampeders

| align="center" | {{Abbr|NA|Not announced}}

| align="center" | McMahon Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | C

! align="center" | 2

| align="center" | Fri, June 5

| align="center" | 7:30 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| align="center" | {{Abbr|NA|Not announced}}

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/?season=2020|title=2020 CFL Schedule|publisher=cfl.ca|access-date=December 18, 2019}}

=Regular season=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Week

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Game

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Date

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Kickoff

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Opponent

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | TV

! style="background:#00704A;color:White;" | Venue

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 1

| colspan=10 align="center" valign="middle" | Bye

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 2

! align="center" | 1

| align="center" | Fri, June 19

| align="center" | 7:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Montreal Alouettes

| align="center" | TSN/RDS

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 3

! align="center" | 2

| align="center" | Thu, June 25

| align="center" | 5:30 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Tim Hortons Field

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 4

! align="center" | 3

| align="center" | Sat, July 4

| align="center" | 7:30 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. BC Lions

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 5

! align="center" | 4

| align="center" | Sat, July 11

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Toronto Argonauts

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 6

| colspan=10 align="center" valign="middle" | Bye

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 7

! align="center" | 5

| align="center" | Sat, July 25

| align="center" | 2:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | Toronto Argonauts

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Huskies Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 8

! align="center" | 6

| align="center" | Thu, July 30

| align="center" | 7:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Ottawa Redblacks

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 9

! align="center" | 7

| align="center" | Sat, Aug. 8

| align="center" | 8:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. BC Lions

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 10

! align="center" | 8

| align="center" | Thu, Aug. 13

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Montreal Alouettes

| align="center" | TSN/RDS

| align="center" | Molson Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 11

! align="center" | 9

| align="center" | Sat, Aug 22

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Edmonton Football Team

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 12

! align="center" | 10

| align="center" | Sat, Aug. 29

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Edmonton Football Team

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Commonwealth Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 13

! align="center" | 11

| align="center" | Sun, Sep 6

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 14

! align="center" | 12

| align="center" | Sat, Sept 12

| align="center" | 2:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | IG Field

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 15

! align="center" | 13

| align="center" | Fri, Sept 18

| align="center" | 8:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Calgary Stampeders

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 16

! align="center" | 14

| align="center" | Sat, Sept 26

| align="center" | 8:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at BC Lions

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | BC Place

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 17

! align="center" | 15

| align="center" | Sat, Oct 3

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Edmonton Football Team

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Commonwealth Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 18

! align="center" | 16

| align="center" | Sat, Oct 10

| align="center" | 2:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Ottawa Redblacks

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | TD Place Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 19

| colspan=10 align="center" valign="middle" | Bye

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 20

! align="center" | 17

| align="center" | Sat, Oct 24

| align="center" | 5:00 p.m. CST

| align="center" | vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | Mosaic Stadium

align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff"

! align="center" | 21

! align="center" | 18

| align="center" | Fri, Oct 30

| align="center" | 7:30 p.m. CST

| align="center" | at Calgary Stampeders

| align="center" | TSN

| align="center" | McMahon Stadium

Team

=Roster=

class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"

|+ colspan="10" style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Saskatchewan Roughriders|border=2}};color:white;text-align:center;"| Saskatchewan Roughriders roster

style="width: 5px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Quarterbacks

Receivers

| style="width: 20px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" |Running backs

Fullbacks

Offensive linemen

| style="width: 20px;" |

| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" |Defensive linemen

-|I|Chris Livings}}
  • {{CFL player|78|I|Kelcey Quarles}}
  • {{CFL player|90|N|Jordan Reaves}}
  • {{CFL player|93|I|Pete Robertson}}
  • {{CFL player|94|I|Sterling Shippy}}
  • {{CFL player|95|I|Cory Thomas}}
  • {{CFL player
  • -|I|Trenton Thompson}}

    Linebackers

    -|I|Nakas Onyeka}}
  • {{CFL player|43|N|Micah Teitz}}
  • {{CFL player|50|I|Matthew Thomas}}
  • | style="width: 25px;" |

    | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" |Defensive backs

    Special teams

    style="text-align:center;font-size: 95%;background:#F9F9F9;border:2px solid black" colspan="10"|

    Italics indicate American player • Bold indicates Global player • 90 Roster
    [http://www.riderville.com/roster/ Roster] updated 2020-08-17 • [https://www.riderville.com/position-charts-and-game-notes/ Depth chart][https://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions Transactions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730141511/http://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions |date=2015-07-30 }}More CFL rosters

    =Coaching staff=

    class="toccolours" style="text-align: left;"

    |+ colspan="7" style="text-align:center; {{NFLPrimaryStyle|Saskatchewan Roughriders|border=2}};color:white;text-align:center;"| Saskatchewan Roughriders staff

    colspan=7 style="text-align:right;" |
    style="vertical-align:top;" |

    | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | Front office

    • President and ceo – Craig Reynolds
    • General manager and vice president of football operations – Jeremy O'Day
    • Assistant general manager – Paul Jones
    • Director of player personnel – Kyle Carson
    • Director of football operations – Ryan Pollock
    • Football operations coordinator – Jordan Greenly
    • U.S. Scout – Ron Selesky
    • Director of athletic therapy – Ivan Gutfriend
    • Manager of equipment – Gordon Gilroy

    Head coaches

    Offensive coaches

    |width="35"| 

    | style="vertical-align:top;" |

    | style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" |

    Defensive coaches

    • Defensive coordinator – Jason Shivers
    • Defensive line – Vacant
    • Linebackers – Deion Melvin
    • Defensive backs – Richard Kent

    Special teams coaches

    Strength and conditioning

    [http://www.riderville.com/page/coaching_staff Coaching Staff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815103802/http://www.riderville.com/page/coaching_staff |date=2011-08-15 }}

    More CFL staffs

    References

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