‘We Want to Champion Those Efforts’: Riders’ Corey Mace Praises Jaxon Ford’s CFL-Best Showing in Week 6

‘We want to champion those efforts’: Riders’ Corey Mace praises Jaxon Ford’s CFL-best showing in Week 6

REGINA -- While the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders were going through the waiting game last Friday evening, defensive back Jaxon Ford had a single goal -- stay ready, no matter how long the wait might be. As it turns out, the Regina product not only kept his focus throughout the evening, he managed to take it to another level some 15 hours later when the Canadian Football League contest actually took place at Mosaic Stadium. For…

Roughriders’ Jaxon Ford pleased to see the last of a cast - Saskatchewan Roughriders

Jaxon Ford singlehandedly earned the CFL’s top special-teams grade in Week 6. With his right hand protected by a bulky playing cast, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back emerged from Saturday’s 24-10 loss to the Calgary Stampeders with a score of 84.6 — as determined by Pro Football Focus. “I didn’t even know that,” Ford said after Tuesday’s practice at Mosaic Stadium. “I just come in, day in and day out, and do my job to the best of my a…