Naaman Roosevelt, who played five seasons as a receiver with the Roughriders, is now an offensive assistant with the Green and White.
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Prior to coming to the CFL in 2015, Roosevelt played 16 games in the NFL with the Buffalo Bills in 2010 and 2011, making 25 catches for 396 yards and a touchdown. He also had stints with the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions. Now he’s eager to be back in Saskatchewan, sharing his knowledge with the next generation of up-and-coming pass-catchers.
And it’s not just football knowledge Roosevelt wants to pass along, but life perspective as well, which is something that former positional coaches Jermaine Copeland and later Travis Moore taught him.Article content And while Roosevelt is several years older than most receivers on the Riders roster, two players, including 37-year-oldare actually older than the coach. And Roosevelt says that experience shows on the field and in the meeting room.
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