Yachison going home to Winnipeg

“I’m going to work out with them on Friday, and we’ll see what happens,” says Yachison, who grew up in Winnipeg cheering for the Blue and Gold. “They have a practice roster spot open. It might not go to me right away, but if injuries happen, then I could be called.”

This opportunity coming two days after Yachison was released by the Lions. The 23-year-old hired an agent on Monday, while his former receivers coach, Marcel Bellefeuille, made a couple phone calls on behalf of Yachison — one to Winnipeg, where Bellefeuille was the offensive coordinator from 2013 to 2015, and the other to Hamilton, where he spent nearly four seasons as the head coach.

“Marcel’s been nothing but great from the day I met him,” says Yachison. “He’s a great coach, and an even better person, and the fact he was willing to help me out when things went south, just shows his character and how much he cares about his players.”

Yachison dress and played the fourth quarter of the Lions’ preseason loss Friday against Calgary. It wasn’t enough to earn a roster spot, but on the bright side, he says the swelling in his knee is coming down and he feels good.

The opportunity in Winnipeg, where much of his family still lives, is exciting.

“They’re excited anywhere I get the chance,” he notes. “If it happens to come with the Bombers, or the Ticats, or the Eskimos, anywhere we’ve put calls in, they’ll be happy. But certainly if it happened in Winnipeg, that’d be huge.”

The former Broncos receiver says he’s going to miss Kamloops and the years he spent here. But he’s following his football dreams with the team he grew up cheering for.

“It’s going to be sad to leave, not knowing when I’ll come back,” says Yachison. “But going back to Winnipeg is always great, especially in the summer, not during the winter. I haven’t been able to do that in a while since I’ve been playing with the Broncos, so it’ll be nice to be there in the summer.”

by Chad Klassen

Yachison going home to Winnipeg

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