(CJME News staff)

By Britton Gray/ CJME News

Riders announce McRoberts, Awachie extensions, sign fullback Tuck

Jan 7, 2022 | 3:07 PM

Paul McRoberts will continue to wear green and white in 2022.

The CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders announced they have signed the slotback to a contract extension. They also announced they have re-signed fullback Albert Awachie and added fullback James Tuck.

McRoberts and Awachie could have become free agents in February. They’re the seventh and eighth potential free agents to sign extensions with Saskatchewan, which still has 42 players who could hit the market.

McRoberts initially signed with the Riders in 2019 and spent the entire season on the practice roster. In 2021, McRoberts dressed for one regular-season game — a 23-10 win over the Ottawa Redblacks on Aug. 21, when he caught four catches for 42 yards — but was once again put onto the practice roster until the playoffs.

McRoberts dressed in both playoff games after slotback Ricardo Louis suffered a torn Achilles in the Riders’ regular-season finale.

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In the playoffs, McRoberts caught six passes for 50 yards.

The Missouri product previously spent one season with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, most of that time on the practice roster.

Awachie is returning to the Riders for a fifth season. The Toronto-born fullback signed with the club as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Awachie has been a strong contributor on special teams and has appeared in 36 games during his CFL career.

Tuck brings another veteran Canadian presence to the Riders’ locker room. The Aurora product has played in eight CFL seasons — three in Montreal, one apiece with Toronto and Winnipeg, and the last three with Edmonton. Tuck has appeared in 72 CFL games.