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Riders place receiver Taj Smith on 6-game injured list

Taj Smith suffered a broken clavicle during Friday night’s game against the Edmonton Eskimos. Fred Chartrand / The Canadian Press

REGINA – There’s more bad news on the injury front for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The team announced on Monday that receiver Taj Smith has been put on the 6-game injured list.

Smith suffered a broken clavicle during Friday night’s game against the Edmonton Eskimos. On the second-last play of the game Riders quarterback Seth Doege threw Smith a short pass when he was hit hard by an Eskimos defender.

So far this season Smith has caught 29 passes for 324 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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It was just three weeks ago that the Riders lost quarterback Darian Duran for the season after he tore a tendon in his right elbow.

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