Saskatchewan Roughriders

Riders place DL A.C. Leonard on six-game injured list

by
3Down Staff
August 8, 2019

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The Saskatchewan Roughriders have placed defensive lineman A.C. Leonard on the six-game injured list.

Leonard has played in seven games making 14 tackles and four sacks in 2019. He returned to Saskatchewan inking a one-year deal during free agency in February.

The 27-year-old started 17 games for the Redblacks in 2018 after leaving the Riders to sign a $145,000 one-year contract in Ottawa. He made 49 tackles and six sacks, but Leonard was healthy scratch in the playoffs.

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Since Chris Jones converted Leonard from receiver to defender he has 130 tackles and 20 sacks in 63 games. The six-foot-two, 250-pounder is ultra-athletic for his size. As a tight end coming out of Tennesse State, Leonard was the top performer at his position group during the 2014 NFL combine in the 40-yard dash (4.50), vertical (34 inches) and broad jump (10-feet, six inches).

The Minnesota Vikings signed Leonard as an undrafted NFL free agent in 2014, but he was released during training camp. Then he signed with B.C. in 2015 as a pass catcher making 17 receptions for 187 yards and two touchdowns. After that Leonard went to Saskatchewan in May 2016.

Leonard joins Canadian Zach Evans on the six-game list while Micah Johnson has been put on the one-game injured list.