SAN ANGELO – Have skills, will travel. Former Angelo State defensive end Calvin Fance stopped short of putting an ad on Craig's List, but the All-American and 2009 NCAA Division II sacks leader has told anyone who would listen that he'd like a chance to continue his football career. Fance will get that opportunity after signing with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League Thursday.

Terms of the contract were still being decided but Fance will report to the central Canada province in the coming weeks and be added to the Riders' practice squad to learn plays and get reps. Saskatchewan is 6-4 in CFL play heading into Friday's contest with West Division rival Calgary. Fance worked out for Roughrider team officials in Houston last week.

“It's a big stress reliever,” Fance said of the contract. “Everything I had going was so jumbled up, now I know what I am capable of doing. Hard work actually paid off and I kept on believing. I was thinking of other plans beside football, and really not expecting to get something because it's so late in the season.”

Fance became the 55th All-American in Ram history after leading NCAA Division II with 14.0 sacks as a senior last season, one shy of the ASU single-season record. The Houston native led all Ram defensive linemen with 43 total tackles and added a team-high six quarterback hurries along with two forced fumbles and a blocked kick. Fance ended his career with the Rams ranked fifth all-time with 16.5 career sacks.

A late addition to the San Angelo Stampede Express of the Indoor Football League, Fance participated in the team's playoff run and will become one of Saskatchewan's 46 total players. In the CFL, 42 players dress for game days and the team is limited to 22 “import” players, as Fance will be classified as, on the active roster. The Roughriders' top defensive ends are former Jacksonville Jaguar Brent Hawkins and seven-year CFL vet Luc Mullinder.

“This is great for Calvin,” Angelo State head coach Dale Carr said. “He's a guy they'll be calling back to invite next year because he's a great practice player. He practices like he plays – relentless. He's a high-motor guy, and all coaches like that, even in Canada.”