BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The Canadian Football League’s Saskatchewan Roughriders have released receiver Weston Dressler to give him the opportunity to sign with a National Football League team.
The former Bismarck High and University of North Dakota standout played six seasons with the Roughriders, topping the 1,000-yard receiving mark five times. He also was the CFL’s rookie of the year in 2008 and won a Grey Cup championship with the team this past season.
Dressler says a deal with an NFL team is imminent, though he isn’t saying which one. He had a tryout with the Kansas City Chiefs a few weeks ago.
“I’ve got a decision made, and it’s kind of just come down to the point where we each need to cross the T’s and dot the I’s,” he said during a Thursday press conference.
“Ever since the first time I touched a football, that’s something I dreamed about … having an opportunity to play in the NFL, on the game’s biggest stage,” Dressler said. “To kind of get to that point now is pretty surreal.”
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