Three Canadian wide receivers scored touchdowns in week three for winning teams of the 2024 Canadian Football League regular season. They were Tyson Philpot of Delta, British Columbia, Samuel Emilus of Montreal, Quebec, and Ajou Ajou of Brooks, Alberta. Philpot scored his touchdown for the Montreal Alouettes, while Emilus and Ajou had touchdowns for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Philpot had a 51-yard touchdown catch from Cody Fajardo with eight minutes and four seconds left in the second quarter. At the time, he put the Alouettes up 26-1 over the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday. Philpot finished the game with seven catches for 127 yards and one touchdown in a dominant 47-21 Alouettes win. After three games (all Alouettes wins), Philpot has 22 catches for 317 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Emilus opened the scoring on Sunday in a 36-20 Roughriders win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He had a 14-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Trevor Harris one minute and five seconds into the game. Ajou then put the Roughriders up 14-0 with three minutes and 43 seconds left in the first quarter. He had a 40-yard touchdown catch from Harris, as the Roughriders also improve to 3-0.
Emilus had three catches for 39 receiving yards, while that was the only catch for Ajou. In 2024, Emilus has 12 catches for 111 receiving yards and one touchdown, and Ajou has six catches for 81 yards and one touchdown.
