FANTUZ AGREES TO AN EXTENSION

FANTUZ AGREES TO AN EXTENSION


REGINA -- Slotback Andy Fantuz has has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Fantuz, a former Hec Crighton Trophy winner at Western Ontario as Canadian university football's outstanding player, was due to become a free agent at season's end.

TSN has learned there is a clause in the contract that allows Fantuz to attend NFL training camps in the off-season. However, if he is not successful down south, he will re-sign with the Riders a day before the free agency period starts.

There were reports he would've preferred to play for a East Division team to be closer to his family in Chatham, Ont.

Fantuz, 26, is in his fourth season with the Roughriders and has 37 catches for 527 yards and three touchdowns.

He anchors a solid receiving corps that includes sophomore Weston Dressler (62 catches, 941 yards, four TDs) and Canadians Rob Bagg (40 catches, 584 yards, three TDs), Chris Getzlaf (28 catches, 346 yards, four TDs) and Jason Clermont (17 catches, 215 yards).

The six-foot-four, 221-pound Fantuz was a first-round pick of the Riders in the 2006 CFL Canadian college draft.

He was also named the top Canadian in the '07 Grey Cup -- which Saskatchewan won over Winnipeg -- after catching a game-winning touchdown pass from Kerry Joseph.

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