Payton Collins is hoping to start a new streak. Article content

After playing a school-record 56 consecutive games at Eastern Kentucky University from 2020-24, Collins was injured in his first professional game on June 5 when the left tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders went down with a knee injury against the Ottawa Redblacks in Week 1 of the CFL season . Article content Article content

“I never got hurt in college,” said Collins, who signed with the team on May 2. “(Played) 56 straight games, and then first professional game, I get hurt.

“So I was kind of like, ‘Why? Why now?’ ”

After seven weeks of recovery from a grade 3 medial collateral ligament tear, the 24-year-old Collins returned to active duty on Aug. 2 in Week 9 against the Montreal Alouettes.

“I was very for

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