By Canadian Press

Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran middle linebacker Solomon Elimimian

May 9, 2019 | 9:30 AM

REGINA — Veteran linebacker Solomon Elimimian has a new home.

The six-foot-two, 225-pound Elimimian signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday. Elimimian spent his first nine CFL seasons with the B.C. Lions.

Elimimian has enjoyed a decorated CFL career thus far. He was the league’s top rookie in 2010 and twice been named its outstanding defensive player (2014, ’16). But in 2014 the 32-year-old became the first defensive player in the modern era to be named the CFL’s top player.

The linebacker has been a CFL all-star four times, and in 2011 he helped B.C. win a Grey Cup title.

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Elimimian, 32, has appeared in 118 career games, registering 745 tackles, eight interceptions and eight forced fumbles. He has recorded 100 or more tackles three times, including a CFL-record 144 in 2017.

The Canadian Press