On Wednesday, the Edmonton Elks signed 14 players, including wide receivers Adarius Bowman, Emmanuel Arceneaux, and Caleb Holley.
Adarius Bowman returns after retiring following the 2019 CFL season. Bowman played 141 games in seven seasons with the Eskimos (2011-17), Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2009-10, 2018), Saskatchewan Roughriders (2008), and Montreal Alouettes (2019). He caught 652 passes for 9,491 yards, 49 touchdowns, and 14 carries for 81 yards.
Emmanuel Arceneaux last played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in his first and only season with the Roughriders in 2019. Arceneaux played his first eight seasons (2009-18) with the BC Lions. He’s played in 140 games with 578 catches for 8,418 yards, 57 touchdowns, and 29 carries for 102 yards.
Caleb Holley (31-years-old) last played in 2019 for the Ottawa Redblacks. Holley spent his first three seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2016-18). In four seasons in the CFL, Holley played 47 games with 157 catches for 1,963 yards and seven touchdowns.
The other players signed by the Elks are RB Sherman Badie (Tulane), DB Derrick Baity (Kentucky), DB Matthew Elam (Florida), WR Temuchin Hodges (Virginia Tech), WR Nih-Jer Jackson (Southeastern Louisiana), DL Daniel Ross (Northeast Mississippi), WR Joshua Simmons (Prairie View A&M), DL Calvin Taylor (Kentucky), DL Matthew Wilkerson (Edward Waters University), DB Eric Blake (McMaster), and DL David Perkins (Illinois State).
