‘Finally’: Pair of Riders who grew up in Sask. relish Grey Cup debut

The endure clip the Saskatchewan Roughriders were in the gray transfuse, longsnapper Jorgen Hus was trying to break an NFL roster.

“I definitely watched it and I had some buddies playing on the team. I was obviously cheering them on and being from the province, I was pulling for them,” he said.

The Saskatoon product addressed the media on Friday before his Grey Cup debut.

“Finally,” Hus said. €œIt’s been a long time coming. I’ve been dreaming about this day, obviously, since I was a little kid and started playing football.”

Hus, 36, surpassed the 150 career CFL game mark this season. The Saskatoon product played for his hometown Hilltops before playing for the University of Regina Rams. 

“To play for your home province means a lot. And then to get to this game just means so much more. We've been trying for so many years. We've come close,” he said.

“Hopefully we can just keep it going. And hopefully Sunday is a good day for us."

Hus was drafted by Edmonton in 2013 and traded to the Roughriders in 2015.

“When I was coming back and made the decision to come back to the CFL and give up trying down there, I wanted to play here. This was the only team I wanted to play for,” he said.

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This year’s team is different from the others he has played on, he told reporters.

“I have not enjoyed showing up to work more than I do right now. Guys care for each other,” Hus said. €œI firmly believe that's such a huge part of why we're here. Everyone loves each other and loves spending time at the facility and with each other, on and off the field. So it's pretty special.”

Hus said he will have about 20 family and friends pulling for him in the crowd on Sunday.

He shared the media spotlight with his fellow Saskatchewanian, Logan Ferland.

In November 2013, Ferland was a 16-year-old just starting his football journey in Melfort, Sask.

“(Football) wasn't necessarily a goal at that time, but watching your province’s team win was very exciting,” he said.

“That was kind of our thing to do. We didn't watch a lot of football in general, but we always watched the Grey Cup.”

Now he gets the chance to have his family watch him in the big game.

“It's been a dream, growing up in small town Sask., and just to be here, it's a pinch-yourself moment, but still focused on the week,” Ferland said.

He's been a mainstay on the Roughriders' offensive line since his debut in 2021. In the past, the Regina Thunder alum has played all positions on the line, but he's been at centre since training camp.

He said the team has “stuck together” after a few tough seasons and are ready for Sunday.

“The job's not done.”

Ferland and Hus have now both been recognized for their work off the field.

In 2024, Hus was awarded the Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award. 

On Thursday evening in Winnipeg, Ferland was the 2025 winner.

Ferland has served as an ambassador for Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon.

He speaks to youth throughout the province about losing his father Marcel to cancer in 2012.

“The fact that I get to go around the province, represent my team and my province, and talk to kid,s and just being able to instill resiliency and tell them that if you are able to work on your mental strength, you can get through a lot. Sharing my own personal story gives a lot of hope and connection,” he said.

Ferland is the fourth Roughrider in a row to win the Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award.

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