Armanti Edwards, the former Appalachian State quarterback and NFL wide receiver, scored his first professional touchdown Sunday.

Playing his first CFL season as a receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edwards scored on a 5-yard rush that helped the Roughriders tie the score in the fourth quarter of their 26-23 overtime victory against the Edmonton Eskimos.

Edwards, 28, also caught six passes for 60 yards from quarterback Darian Durant, a North Carolina alum who ran for the winning touchdown in overtime. Ed Gainey, who was Edwards’ college teammate for two years as an Appalachian State defensive back from 2008-11, scored a touchdown on a 51-yard fumble return for Saskatchewan.

It was the second CFL game and first start for Edwards, who wears No. 12. He signed with Saskatchewan in February and had seven punt returns for 56 yards in his first appearance earlier this month.

Edwards was out of football, working as a recreational therapist, when he was inducted into the Appalachian State Hall of Fame last year.