Roughriders deploying elite running back tandem
Ka'Deem Carey is feeling some extra motivation this week as he gets set to face his former team.
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After being cut by the Toronto Argonauts following training camp, the 32-year-old American running back joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders just days later.
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Following his first game with the Green and White on Saturday against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Carey is now set to play against the team that released him just a few weeks ago as the Roughriders (2-0) visit the Argonauts (0-2) on Friday night (5:30 p.m., TSN) in Week 3 of the CFL season.
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'There's a lot of motivation going there,' Carey said after Wednesday's practice at Mosaic Stadium. 'I think they already see that they're in the wrong right there, but I'm just with the right squad right now and just excited to show what we can do out there.'
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Last season, the 5-foot-9, 215-pound Carey was named an East Division all-star after recording 1,060 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. He helped the Argos beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup before being a surprise cut during camp this season.
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It didn't take long for him to get scooped up though as the three-time divisional all-star signed with the Roughriders just a week later as he joined a running back room that features two-time divisional all-star A.J. Ouellette.
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And in Saskatchewan's Week 2 contest, both saw the field as Ouellette popped off for 96 yards on 13 carries — including a 47-yard touchdown run — while Carey recorded 26 yards on four carries, plus one catch for nine yards.
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'When he went for that 50 yarder, all that did was excite me to go out there and make a special play myself,' said Carey, who has 3,941 career rushing yards and 26 touchdowns in 63 career games. 'When you got two all-star backs, anything can happen.'
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