Day 3 of Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp was a practice with pads on at Griffiths Stadium before the Green and White had to reduce their roster by 10 players by the end of Tuesday.
One guy who shouldn’t need to worry about being among the 10 players to be deleted by the Riders Tuesday evening is the latest one to be brought aboard by the Green and White. The Roughriders announced the signing of 6’5″, 340-pound import offensive lineman Tre’Mond Shorts. He most recently attended rookie camp with Atlanta following the 2023 N-F-L Draft. The Georgia product played in 2022 at Louisiana State, seeing time at left tackle, left guard and on special teams. The former Tiger dressed for all 14 games and only allowed one sack. To make room for Shorts Tuesday, Saskatchewan released another import O-Lineman in Colton Lamson. Following are media scrums with head coach Craig Dickenson, first year offensive co-ordinator Kelly Jefferies and second year running back Frankie Hickson, plus the signing news release from the Roughriders…..
DATE: May 16, 2023
RELEASE TIME: IMMEDIATELY
RELEASE: SR23-067
RIDERS SIGN AMERICAN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TRE’MOND SHORTS
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American offensive lineman Tre’Mond Shorts.
Shorts (6’5-340) most recently attended rookie camp with the Atlanta Falcons following the 2023 NFL Draft. The Hampton, Georgia native played one collegiate season (2022) at the Louisiana State University, seeing time at left tackle, left guard, and special teams. The former Tiger dressed for all 14 games and only allowed one sack.
Prior to his time at LSU, Shorts spent five seasons (2017-21) at East Tennessee State University. The 23-year-old played in 43 games and made 41 starts, including a streak of 40 consecutive starts. In 2021, Shorts was part of an offensive line that paved the way for two 1,000-yard rushers to earn Third-Team FCS All-America honours from Associated Press. Shorts also earned First-Team All-Southern Conference honours in both 2020 and 2021 while being named to the Second-Team in 2019.
In a corresponding move, the Club has released American offensive lineman Colton Lamson.
