The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed veteran defensive lineman Charleston Hughes on Tuesday. This will be Hughes’s 14th season in the CFL and second stint in Saskatchewan.
Charleston Hughes (38-years-old) spent the 2021 season with Toronto Argonauts with 18 tackles, two sacks, and one tackle on special teams.
The future CFL Hall of Famer from Saginaw, Michigan, played two seasons in Saskatchewan (2018-19) after a ten-year career with the Calgary Stampeders. Hughes played 34 games for the Roughriders with 85 tackles, 31 sacks, two touchdowns, and seven forced fumbles. The Roughriders acquired Hughes in a trade from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for draft picks.
In Calgary, Hughes played 16 games with 53 tackles, five sacks, one forced fumble, and five tackles on special teams in his first season in 2008, helping the Stampeders win the Grey Cup.
In 2009, he left Calgary to try out for the Philadelphia Eagles but was cut after training camp and returned to Calgary shortly after being released.
He played 147 games for the Stampeders with 372 tackles, 99 sacks, three interceptions, one touchdown, 23 forced fumbles, and 38 tackles on special teams. Hughes won two-Grey Cup championships in 2008 and 2014.
He is a six-time CFL All-Star (2012-13, 2016-19), an eight-time CFL West All-Star (2010, 2012-19), four-time CFL sack leader (2013, 2016, 2018-19), and the 2013 Norm Fieldgate Trophy for the best defensive player.
