Sportsnet's/620 CKRM Sportscage Insider Arash Madani is reporting Kory Sheets has his first NFL workout planned. Here is what Madani is saying...
Kory Sheets, the Saskatchewan Roughriders tailback who set the record for most rushing yards in Grey Cup history last month, is eying the NFL and will be working out for the Indianapolis Colts, sources told Sportsnet.ca Tuesday.
Sheets, a 2013 CFL all-star in his second season in the Canadian league, is a pending free agent and would be eligible to hit the open market Feb. 15 if he is not re-signed by Saskatchewan.
Sheets had a base salary of $62,000 in the CFL last season. Roster and game bonuses bumped his cap hit to $70,000. The minimum salary in the NFL is $405,000.
Sheets had a sensational season for the Grey Cup champions, rushing for more than 100 yards in the first six games of the season. He missed three contests due to injury, but still carried the ball 287 times for 1,598 yards. He finished the year with almost 1,800 all-purpose yards.
But it was in the playoffs that Sheets was unstoppable. In the West semi-final against B.C., the 28-year-old out of Purdue had 19 touches for 131 yards. The next week, he went into McMahon Stadium and was a one-man wrecking crew, carrying the ball 28 times for 177 yards and a touchdown, wearing out Calgary’s defence.
In the Grey Cup, Sheets was the Game MVP after his 20 rushes for 197 yards and two touchdowns. The signature play of the championship game came from him in the fourth quarter, on 2nd and 19, when he converted a first down to eclipse Johnny Bright’s 57-year Grey Cup rushing record and clinch the game for the Roughriders.
The Colts have long held a connection to the CFL and the Roughriders, in particular. The late Cal Murphy was a scout for former general manager Bill Polian and recruited Kenton Keith and John Chick to Indianapolis. Present Colts GM Ryan Grigson made one-time Saskatchewan linebacker Jerrell Freeman his first signing when taking his new post two years ago.
9 comments:
Sheets made 70-thousand last year and can make 405-grand next. No doubt if he impresses there or anywhere he is gone. Can you blame him?
Add to the raise in pay for KS is that if it's Indy he is in domed stadium for 8 games plus worse case scenarios in-division early winter road games in Houston, Jacksonville and Tennesee.
...quick sign and trade him to the RedBlacks for someone who isn't going south.
You want to remember that 62,000 contract was his entry level contract. If he were to come back I'd bet it would be for 3 times the coin, so the Riders aren't as cheap as it sounds.
I don't think so Tim.
Triple his salary to 210-thousand and its still a far cry from the 405-thousand he would get in the NFL. Americans want to play in the NFL and for that matter more and more Canadians do too. He's gone if he gets the opportunity.
I really hope BT doesn't put all his eggs in the Chris Garrett basket if Sheets sticks in NFL.
CHick, Keith, Freeman and now Sheets all leave us for Indy. The ghost of Cal Murphy must still be working for the Colts.
Riders can't afford the talent in comparison to a first year NFL offer,. Pending Riders 2013 over the salary cap issue also looming and will play a large role in the backroom decisions (REDBLACKS draft/free agency) of who stays and who doesn't this 2014 CFL season.
How come I do not hear you on ckrm? Am I listening at wrong time?
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