WINNIPEG – Regina’s Mitchell Picton will make his first Grey Cup appearance Sunday for the hometown Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Picton, 30, and fellow Canadian Ajou Ajou were added to the roster Saturday with Dhel Duncan-Busby and Joe Robustelli out due to injury.

“It’s exciting,” said Picton, who will back up starter Ajou Ajou. “We have such a deep receiver room and we’re confident in each and every one those guys.

“To be up this week and be in this game means a lot. Really, I don’t want to make it more than just another football game. I’m going to go out there and execute at a very high level.”

The six-foot-one, 197-pound Picton had 20 catches for 226 yards in 14 games and expects to have many friends and family wearing his No. 81 in the stands.

“When I was drafted by this organizatio

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