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Saskatchewan Roughriders sign quarterback Luke Falk

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Quarterback Luke Falk, who started two games with the New York Jets in 2019, has signed with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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Falk, 26, completed 47 of 73 passes for 416 yards, with no touchdowns and three interceptions, with the Jets that season before being waived on Oct. 12, 2019.

The Tennessee Titans’ sixth-round selection (199th overall) in the 2018 NFL draft, Falk has also had NFL stints with the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers.

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In 42 games at Washington State University, Falk threw for 14,486 yards — the eighth-highest total in NCAA Division 1 football history — and 119 touchdowns.

Falk earned All-Pac-12 Conference honours in 2015, 2016 and 2017. He threw 30 touchdown passes as a sophomore and 38 in his junior and senior seasons.

Falk initially committed to Cornell University, but transferred to Washington State after former Roughriders quarterback and head coach Kent Austin left the Ivy League school after the 2012 season to join the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

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Also on Friday, the Roughriders announced the release of another American quarterback, Justice Hansen.

The Roughriders’ quarterbacking sextet consists of Falk, Cody Fajardo, Isaac Harker, James Franklin, Tom Flacco and Mason Fine.

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