Elimimian back healthy for B.C. Lions after devastating injury
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Solomon Elimimian had everyone’s attention.
Back on the field at training camp after suffering a career-threatening injury last season, the standout linebacker for the B.C. Lions was given the floor to share a few words after one of the team’s practices.
“You don’t want to take anything for granted. That was my message to the guys,” said Elimimian. “Every time you come out here it’s an opportunity. It’s important to seize those opportunities because at some point those opportunities are no longer available to us.”
The CFL’s most outstanding player in 2014 thought his time as a professional football player might have run out last August when he ruptured his Achilles tendon in a game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.