GONE FISHING? Free-agent receiver Duron Carter in no rush to play again
With his football future in limbo, Duron Carter is spending some of his down time on the water.
Carter remains a CFL free agent after being released Aug. 11 by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The six-foot-five, 205-pound receiver recently visited with the Toronto Argonauts but has yet to officially join another team.
The Argos could have competition to sign Carter. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost veteran receiver Chris Williams to an apparent Achilles injury in their 25-24 home win over the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday night.
Following the game, Ticats head coach June Jones was asked whether he had any interest in Carter.
“It’s funny you bring that up,” Jones said. “I was just thinking that in the locker room.”
But as Carter ponders his CFL future, the 27-year-old is also taking some time to relax. The colourful Carter was on Instagram Live fishing from a jet ski Thursday night and Friday morning reportedly from a cottage owned by his uncle, Butch Carter, the former Toronto Raptors head coach.
Duron Carter also took questions from fans as he fished. It’s the only way they can interact with the outgoing receiver, who recently deleted his very entertaining Twitter account.
“Twitter’s full of too many silly ass people,” Carter said.
Carter was asked if he’s thinking of joining the Ticats.
“You don’t reach out to a team and be like, ‘Hey, you guys want me,”‘ Carter said. “Ya’ll don’t understand free agency or getting cut.
“I don’t think ya’ll understand players. Period. Dude just got hurt. You should be more worried about dude getting hurt than having me come replace him. What the hell is that?”
Carter said he’d just started fishing on a brilliantly sunny morning but the fish weren’t co-operating. His most pressing need was for a pair of polarized sunglasses to not only cut the glare coming off the water but also give him clearer vision of what was going on beneath the surface.
“Nah, no bites yet, I just got out here, like, 20 minutes ago,” he said. “I need some glass (so) I could see through the water so I could just throw my lure right next to a fish.
“Hopefully they are hungry this morning. I mean, they should be. They’re fish right?”
One fan reminded Carter that tremendous fishing exists in Saskatchewan. However, Carter admitted he never sampled it during his time with the Riders.
Earlier, Carter had a post where he said he’d caught two fish that evening but didn’t say what species, their size or what lake he was on.
Carter has registered 266 catches for 4,031 yards with 26 TDs in 65 career CFL games with Montreal and Saskatchewan. He was the Riders’ leading receiver last year with 1,043 yards and eight TDs on 73 catches but spent most of the 2018 campaign on defence, recording eight catches for 111 yards and a touchdown this season before being released.
Carter was twice named a CFL all-star (2014, 2017).
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