Saskatchewan Roughriders' franchise quarterback Trevor Harris did not practice with the team on Tuesday as the Green and White listed him with head and illness designations on the injury report.
Harris was on the field with a ball cap on but didn’t participate in team drills. Riders' head coach Corey Mace explained No. 7 being held out was precautionary.
“He's dealing with a little bit of infection, played through that. Also, he took a pretty good shot in the game. Honestly, we’re playing it smart, but he's fine. He's one of those pushing me to do it and I told him just relax. He'll be fine," Mace said.
"It was a hit underneath the chin, we are being smart about that, but he was dealing with some other stuff. We're taking a look at everything. I don't want to strictly jump in there and say it's true concussion protocol. We're being smart but we are looking at everything"
The Riders return home on Saturday to take on the B.C. Lions. Catch the pre-game show with Teagan Witko, Justin Dunk and Wes Cates at 2 p.m. Dave Thomas and Luc Mullinder have the game call at 5 p.m. You can hear everything on the 620 CKRM Co-operators Rider Broadcast Network.