REGINA

Veteran receiver Jamel Richardson returns to Roughriders

The Canadian Press Published Monday, December 22, 2014 2:03PM CST

Montreal Alouettes Jamel Richardson celebrates his second touchdown during first half CFL football action against the Calgary Stampeders in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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Jamel Richadson is returning to the city where he started his CFL career.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Monday they have signed the veteran international wide receiver to a contract.

The six-foot-three, 215-pound native of Syracuse, N.Y., returns to the CFL after missing a season and a half of football.

He tore the anterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament in his left knee midway through the 2013 season while practising with the Montreal Alouettes. He missed the remainder of the 2013 season and was cut by the Alouettes before the 2014 campaign.

The 32-year-old started his career in Regina in 2003 and played his first four seasons with the Roughriders.

After missing the 2007 season to attend training camp with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, he returned in 2008 with the Alouettes.