Mitchell Picton
{{short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Mitchell Picton
| number = 81
| team = Saskatchewan Roughriders
| image = 2025, 81, Mitchell Picton.jpg
| caption = Picton with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|5|29}}
| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| death_date =
| death_place =
| status = Active
| import = no
| position1 = Wide receiver
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 200
| CIS = Regina
| high_school = Dr. Martin LeBoldus High
| CFLDraftedYear = 2017
| CFLDraftedRound = 5
| CFLDraftedPick = 37
| CFLDraftedTeam = Saskatchewan Roughriders
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2017}}
| playing_team1 = Saskatchewan Roughriders*
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2018}}–present
| playing_team2 = Saskatchewan Roughriders
| career_footnotes =
| career_highlights =
| CFL = mitchell-picton/163187/
}}
Mitchell Picton (born May 29, 1995) is a Canadian professional football wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
University career
Picton played U Sports football for the Regina Rams from 2013 to 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.reginarams.com/sports/football/roster/mitchell-picton/3212 |title=Mitchell Picton |publisher=Regina Rams |access-date=August 14, 2021}} He was named a Canada West All-Star and CIS First-Team All-Canadian in 2016 after leading the country with 11 receiving touchdowns. He returned to the team in 2017 to complete his last year of playing eligibility. After a five-year career, Picton finished as the Rams' all-time touchdown leader with 24 scored.
Professional career
Picton was drafted in the fifth round, 37th overall, by his hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders and signed with the team on May 26, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2017/05/26/riders-sign-six-2017-draft/ |title=Riders sign Bladek, five more from 2017 draft |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 26, 2017 |access-date=August 14, 2021}} He spent training camp with the team in 2017, but returned to school to play one last year with the Regina Rams. After the Rams season ended on November 4, 2017, he was re-signed by the Roughriders on November 15, 2017 and was on the practice roster for the team's loss to the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final.{{cite web |url=https://www.riderville.com/2017/12/19/mitchell-picton-cant-wait-begin-roughriders-career/ |title=Mitchell Picton can't wait to begin his Roughriders career |publisher=Saskatchewan Roughriders |date=December 19, 2017}}
After re-signing with the Roughriders on December 12, 2017, Picton attended 2018 training camp with the team and spent the 2018 season on the practice roster.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/2017/ |title=2017 Transactions – Football player trades and signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=August 14, 2021}} In 2019, he again began the season on the practice roster, but played in his first career professional game on July 27, 2019 against the BC Lions.{{cite web|url=https://www.reginarams.com/news/2019/8/4/football-former-rams-receiver-mitchell-picton-dresses-for-first-cfl-game.aspx |title=Former Rams receiver Mitchell Picton dresses for first CFL game |publisher=Regina Rams |date=July 28, 2019}} He dressed in one other game that year against the Montreal Alouettes, but did not record any receptions in either game.
Picton did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season. He made the team's active roster following 2021 training camp and recorded his first career reception in the opening game on August 6, 2021 against the BC Lions.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/games/6135/bc-lions-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#boxscore |title=BC Lions vs Saskatchewan Roughriders Boxscore |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=August 15, 2021}} In the following week's game, on August 14, 2021, he scored his first career professional touchdown on an 8-yard pass from Cody Fajardo against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/games/6141/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/#boxscore |title=Hamilton Tiger-Cats vs Saskatchewan Roughriders Boxscore |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=August 15, 2021}}
Personal life
Picton's brother, Aaron, played for the Regina Rams from 2010 to 2015 and was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2017/05/01/prospect-profile-mitchell-picton-born-regina-ram/ |title=Prospect Profile: Mitchell Picton born to be a Regina Ram |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 1, 2017}} His cousin, Noah Picton, played for the Rams from 2013 to 2018 as the team's quarterback and was a member of the Toronto Argonauts.{{cite news|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2018/05/14/argos-sign-undrafted-canadian-qb-noah-picton/ |title=Argos sign undrafted Canadian QB Noah Picton |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 14, 2018}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.riderville.com/players/mitchell-picton/163187/ Saskatchewan Roughriders bio]
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Category:Canadian football wide receivers
Category:Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan