New RedBlacks running back Jock Sanders has played on the last two Grey Cup winning teams and has the rings to prove it — at least for now.

When asked about a report saying he put his 2014 championship bauble up for sale on Kijiji, looking for $15,000 in return, he tiptoed around the question like it was a would-be tackler.

“Now that you say it, I just might. I might sell them both,” said Sanders, who won with Calgary in 2014 and Saskatchewan in 2013. “At the end of the day, those are great achievements and I worship them. At the end of the day, I’m not a jewellery type guy so I don’t think I’ll ever wear them. This is professional ball, but I worship my younger years as far as college more because I was at the peak of growing up and becoming a man. Now with professional ball, it’s more of a job. When it was college it was kind of fun and things. Not saying it’s not fun now, but it’s a job.”

And not everybody in the CFL has a six-figure salary. Still, you’d like to think after all players go through to win a championship, it would be near impossible to put a price on the symbol of what they’ve accomplished. Especially when that tag is only 15 grand.

Ah well, maybe that’s just in dreamland.

Meanwhile, Sanders wasn’t out of work long, as the RedBlacks picked him up only a week after he had been cut by the Stamps. With the status of Ottawa running back Jeremiah Johnson uncertain for Saturday’s home opener against the B.C. Lions, the 5-foot-6, 185-pound Sanders could get thrown into action.

“We’re going to see where he’s at with everything. Who knows what will happen,” said head coach Rick Campbell. “He’s a good football player. I’ve always liked him. In Saskatchewan and in Calgary. We just want to take a look at him and see where he’s at. He has a lot to offer as a return guy and as a tailback.”

Sanders says he’s a quick learner.

“I always had faith, even though I got released in Calgary, I always had faith ... I was sure I’d get a call, somewhere, somehow, and I did,” he said. “I was thankful for the opportunity again.”

SPEAKING IN EARNEST

The RedBlacks will be quite pleased if receiver Ernest Jackson can have a similar game to the one he had the last time B.C. and Ottawa met. Back in October, he caught nine passes for 195 yards as B.C. crushed the RedBlacks 41-3. “It was just more of coach seeing they were playing man (coverage) and he was like, ‘you’ve got speed, let’s just take them down deep’ and that’s what we kept doing,” said Jackson, who became a RedBlack in the offseason. “I was using my speed against them.”

Jackson had an impressive debut for Ottawa in last week’s victory over the Alouettes, catching seven passes for 74 yards and a TD.

“The chemistry (with QB Henry Burris) is coming along well,” said Jackson “Started off with mini camp, then going into camp. Right now we’re looking really good.”

Being from nearby Rochester, N.Y., this will be the first game of many that Jackson will have friends and family coming to watch him play in the CFL. There’s also the added significance of it being played against his former team.

“It’s really not too special,” he said. “I just take it as another game coming up and I’m preparing for it, waiting to see what’s going to happen because I know half the guys and half the guys know me, so it should be really interesting.”

BETWEEN THE HASHMARKS

The RedBlacks have released WR Brelan Chancellor ... Along with the “questionable” status of Johnson, Campbell said everybody other than safety Jermaine Robinson (wrist) “is still in play, so to speak.” That means even LB Travis Brown could play after getting knocked out of last week’s game with an injury. “He’s definitely questionable,” said Campbell. “Everyday the news kind of gets better on him. We’ll see where he is tomorrow.” ... Campbell is holding out hope that DL Jonathan Williams, a starter last season, will be able to play. He missed last week’s game with an injury ... Receiver Scott Macdonell was celebrating a catch at Wednesday’s practice when he became victim of some good natured chirping from his teammates. “Put that in the paper, 83 caught a ball over a rookie today,” said one of them. “Make sure you write that.” ... At the end of practice, Campbell had the team sing the national anthem. “We separated the Canadians out to make sure they led the group in O Canada but then everybody jumped in at the end,” he said. “It’s good for the American guys to learn about Canada Day.”