ACQUIRED: Signed by Roughriders in February 2024.

YEARS WITH ROUGHRIDERS: 2

YEARS IN CFL: 10

2023: As the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ starting right tackle, he was named a CFL All-Star and recognized as the West Division’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman. He also helped Winnipeg make a fourth consecutive Grey Cup appearance.

PRO: Hardrick signed with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He played in three pre-season games before being among the Buccaneers’ final cuts. He signed with the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 21, 2012 and spent the remainder of the season on the practice roster. In 2013, he played for the Arena Football League’s Utah Blaze. He signed with the B.C. Lions in 2014 and played in 12 games as a first-year CFLer, making 10 starts. On June 5, 2015, Hardrick signed with the Roughriders and played in eight games that season. His first start with the Roughriders was in the 2015 Labour Day Classic against Winnipeg. The following year, he signed with Winnipeg and became a mainstay with the Blue Bombers. He was a West Division All-Star in 2017, 2021 and 2023 and a CFL All-Star in the latter two seasons. As well, he helped Winnipeg post Grey Cup victories in 2019 and 2021.

COLLEGE: After playing at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas, he transferred to the University of Nebraska and spent two seasons (2010 and 2011) with the Cornhuskers. He started at left tackle in all 13 of the Cornhuskers’ games in 2011.

FAST FACT: Hardrick is nicknamed Yoshi — a moniker that results from his kinship with his half-brother, Mario Lewis. “It’s pretty funny,” Hardrick said. “My brother’s name is Mario but, at first, I didn’t know he was my brother. We were going to the Boys and Girls Club and I was in about the fourth or fifth grade. Everyone kept saying, ‘Here comes Mario and his little brother, Yoshi.’ ” Yoshi is the name of a dinosaur from the Super Mario World video game. “I ended up finding out we had the same father, so Yoshi kind of stuck, but I used to fight people for calling me Yoshi,” Hardrick continues. “My brother was two years older than me so, by the time I got to seventh grade, the football coaches already knew me as Yoshi. Once the football coaches were calling me Yoshi, the school was calling me Yoshi, the teachers were calling me Yoshi.”

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