Esks’ Lumsden back on sidelines

Out indefinitely with dislocated shoulder

By: Dean Bennett Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Saturday, Jul. 4, 2009

EDMONTON -- Edmonton Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden is back on the sidelines with a dislocated shoulder, but more tests are needed to determine for how long, the team said Friday.

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EDMONTON -- Edmonton Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden is back on the sidelines with a dislocated shoulder, but more tests are needed to determine for how long, the team said Friday.

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EDMONTON — Edmonton Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden is back on the sidelines with a dislocated shoulder, but more tests are needed to determine for how long, the team said Friday.

"I don’t know exactly, but it’s going to be a period of time," said head coach Richie Hall, adding Lumsden was undergoing MRI tests.

Lumsden, who has battled injuries his entire CFL career, was not available for comment, but Hall said he’d talked with him.

BRIAN J. GAVRILOFF / CANWEST NEWS SERVICE ARCHIVES
Jesse Lumsden was knocked out of Thursday’s game on this hit from Winnipeg Blue Bombers Siddeeq Shabazz and Fred Perry (41). — BRIAN J. GAVRILOFF / CANWEST NEWS SERVICE ARCHIVES Jesse Lumsden was knocked out of Thursday’s game on this hit from Winnipeg Blue Bombers Siddeeq Shabazz and Fred Perry (41).

"He’s hanging in there. He’s very disappointed, in a lot of pain.

"But he’s being very positive and very upbeat — as much as he can be."

The bruising 26-year-old from Burlington, Ont., was drilled in the left shoulder by Winnipeg linebacker Siddeeq Shabazz Thursday while running the ball on a swing pass in a 19-17 win over the Blue Bombers.

Hall said Lumsden took the full impact of the blow: "He was the nail and not the hammer."

The injury is a setback for the Eskimos, who signed Lumsden to a one-year free agent deal in the off-season to ignite an offensive attack that had grown predictable by relying on the passing arm of quarterback Ricky Ray.

It’s also a cruel reversal for Lumsden, a former Hec Crighton Award winner who joined the CFL four seasons ago with fanfare as a rare breed — a Canadian tailback with power and speed — but has never played a full season due to injury.

On Thursday — for the first 14 minutes and 27 seconds of the first quarter of his first regular-season game — Lumsden looked like he would deliver.

In driving rain, Lumsden ran twice for five yards and caught three passes for 20 yards.

With 33 seconds left in the quarter, the Eskimos were on the Bombers’ side of half and on the march. Ray took the snap out of the shotgun, looked right for his primary receiver, then checked down and tossed it to the left flat to Lumsden sprinting out of the backfield.

He caught the soft toss over his shoulder, tucked the ball under his right arm, squared his shoulders and was just turning upfield when Shabazz torpedoed in and levelled his gold helmet into Lumsden’s left shoulder.