CFL Draft: Saskatchewan Roughriders take offensive lineman with 3rd overall pick [Video]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders selected offensive lineman, Kyle Hergel, with their third overall pick in the first round of the 2024 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft Tuesday night.

“I think it’s a great legacy, great program to be part of. I’m really looking forward to it,” Hergel said of the Riders following his selection.

The former Boston College Eagle also spent time at Texas State and North Dakota.

“He’s got some flexibility to play all spots of the interior offensive lineman, physical player and someone that started a little bit lower in division one football and just kept getting bigger opportunities,” Jeremy O’Day, Saskatchewan Roughriders’ general manager and vice president of football operations said.

Hergel, who hails from Toronto, is signed as an undrafted free agent with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and that comes with the risk he does not play in the CFL anytime soon, if at all.

“There …