REGINA – Micah Johnson is coming into the CFL teaching ranks.
The veteran defensive lineman retired after 13 CFL seasons Monday however will stay with the Gray Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders as their line of defense coach.
Johnson, 37, capped his CFL enjoying profession by serving to Saskatchewan win the 2025 Gray Cup. The six-foot-one, 255-pound American was a league all-star final season for a second straight 12 months after registering 20 tackles (two for loss) and 6 sacks.
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Johnson is in his third stint with Saskatchewan, having additionally performed with the Riders in 2019 and ’21 earlier than rejoining the franchise in 2023.
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Johnson started his CFL profession with Calgary (2013-18) and in addition hung out with Hamilton (2021). Johnson additionally signed with the B.C. Lions as a free agent in 2020, however the league didn’t play that 12 months as a result of world pandemic.
Johnson received his first two Gray Cup titles with Calgary (2014, ’18). He appeared in 178 CFL regular-season video games, registering 309 tackles, two special-teams tackles, 71 sacks, two interceptions and 6 pressured fumbles.
Johnson was a CFL all-star 5 occasions and a division all-star on seven events.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 5, 2026.
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