REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American running back Quali Conley, the team announced on Saturday.
Conley signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent following the 2025 NFL Draft. He played in two preseason games with the club, rushing seven times for 28 yards and a touchdown. He recently attended Montreal Alouettes training camp.
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Prior to Arizona, Conley attended San Jose State (2023), recording 842 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on 131 carries, along with 27 receptions for 269 yards. His collegiate career began at Utah Tech (2020-2022), where he totalled 1,758 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns on 338 carries over 27 games played.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have also signed American receiver Johnny Johnson III, the team announced on Tuesday.
Johnson III signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent following the 2022 NFL Draft. He went on to spend three seasons with the Club (2022-24) suiting up for two NFL games — one in each of his first two seasons.
Collegiately, Johnson III spent five collegiate seasons (2017-21) at the University of Oregon catching 139 passes (10th in program history) for 1,928 yards and 15 touchdowns over 57 games.
As a junior in 2019, the Arizona-born receiver caught 57 passes for 836 yards and seven TDs over 14 games. He was eighth in the PAC-12 in receiving yards and tied for seventh in the conference in TD receptions. Notably, Johnson III caught 10 passes for 207 yards and two TDs against Arizona State that season. That receiving-yardage total was the seventh-highest by an Oregon player in a single game.
In a corresponding move, the Roughriders have released American defensive back Garnett Hollis Jr.
