Ticats rookie receiver Bridges says his 2024 CFL campaign is finished

By The Canadian Press on October 4, 2024.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Shemar Bridges, front, is tripped up by B.C. Lions' Ryder Varga as Ayinde Eley, back, watches during the second half of a CFL football game, in Vancouver, on Friday, September 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

HAMILTON – Shemar Bridges’ stellar CFL season has come to a premature end.

Hamilton’s rookie receiver took to social media Friday to make the announcement.

Bridges didn’t provide a reason why, but he didn’t practise all week due to a thigh injury and was placed on the one-game injured list, meaning he would miss the club’s home game Friday night versus the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The six-foot-four, 210-pound Bridges has been a big find for the Tiger-Cats. The 26-year-old native of Jacksonville, Fla., has 83 catches for 933 yards and four TDs in 15 games with Hamilton.

Bridges was poised to break the CFL’s single-season record for most catches by a first-year player.

Derel Walker holds the mark at 89, set in 2015 when he was the league’s top rookie with Edmonton.