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In the end, Naaman Roosevelt remained where he felt at home.

The 31-year-old slotback said his agent was in daily contact with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when the CFL’s free-agent period opened on Feb. 12.

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Winnipeg, however, couldn’t offer what the Saskatchewan Roughriders were proposing and that led to Roosevelt re-signing for one year on Feb. 15.

“Mosaic Stadium is amazing and that’s what I first thought about during my first days of free agency,” Roosevelt said Wednesday from his off-season home in Buffalo. “I just love playing in that stadium and I love coming out of the tunnel. As a kid, you dream of playing professionally in a stadium like that.”

Roosevelt started his CFL career with the Riders in 2015 and surpassed 1,000 receiving yards in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, he battled injuries and an inconsistent offence while finishing with 48 receptions for 570 yards and four touchdowns.

“I felt like it was a little bit of everything last year,” Roosevelt said. “I wanted to be used a lot more than I was because it was a situation where I felt that I could have made plays for the team. It was just something that wasn’t going my way.”