The Saskatchewan Roughriders had a new running back on the field as the team returned to practice this week, but it was incumbent A.J. Ouellette getting reps with the starting offence. Article content

After Ouellette suffered a head injury in last Thursday’s Week 1 victory against the Ottawa Redblacks , the Roughriders signed veteran CFL running back Ka’Deem Carey, who was released by the Toronto Argonauts following training camp this year. Article content Article content

However, ahead of Day 1 of practice, Ouellette cleared concussion protocol and appears ready to play this week when Saskatchewan (1-0) visits the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-1) on Saturday (5 p.m., TSN, CTV) in Week 2 of the CFL season.

“For us, you want to err on the side of the player, so he went through the pro

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