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Saskatchewan Roughriders name Jeremy O'Day Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager

Saskatchewan Roughriders President & CEO Craig Reynolds announced today the Club has named Jeremy O鈥橠ay vice-president of football operations & general manager.
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Saskatchewan Roughriders President & CEO Craig Reynolds announced today the Club has named Jeremy O鈥橠ay vice-president of football operations & general manager.

鈥淚 am very pleased to announce Jeremy O鈥橠ay as the franchises next general manager,鈥 stated Riders President & CEO Craig Reynolds. 鈥淛eremy is a true leader and highly respected throughout the CFL.鈥

鈥淚 have complete confidence he will continue to guide our team in the right direction. He is a quality person and more than ready to assume this position.鈥

This is O鈥橠ay鈥檚 second tenure as the Riders鈥 general manager after he was named the franchises 15th GM on August 31, 2015 鈥 a positional he held on an interim basis for the final nine games of that season. 听

鈥淔irst of all, I want to thank Craig Reynolds and the entire organization for the support and opportunity to be named the clubs general manager,鈥 stated Jeremy O鈥橠ay. 鈥淚 am excited to get to work and look forward to the challenges and successes that are ahead.鈥

The 44-year-old O鈥橠ay is entering his 21st season of consecutive service with the Roughriders.

The former Roughriders offensive lineman moved into the front office after retiring as a player in February 2011, accepting the position of football operations coordinator. In 2012 he was named assistant general manager, a position he held for the next four years.

In December of 2015, O鈥橠ay was named vice president of football operations & administration under Chris Jones. In this role, O鈥橠ay led many day-to-day football operations activities, including player evaluations, contract negotiations, and coordinating training camp, mini camps and free-agent camps. He also participated in the scouting of NFL, NCAA and U Sports games.

O鈥橠ay鈥檚 playing career in the CFL began in 1997, when he joined the Toronto Argonauts after a standout career at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. He played two seasons with the Argos, winning a Grey Cup with them in 1997.

In 1999, O鈥橠ay signed as a free agent with Saskatchewan and spent the next 12 seasons on the Riders鈥 offensive line. He started 202 regular-season games for Saskatchewan, which ranks him 12th on the club鈥檚 all-time list of games played. He also appeared in 16 playoff games and three Grey Cup games with the Roughriders, helping them win the CFL title in 2007.

O鈥橠ay won his third Grey Cup in 2013 when he was a member of Saskatchewan鈥檚 front office.

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