WitP: Hawthorne, RGM

C.J. Hawthorne is recovering from foot surgery.

C.J. Hawthorne was thought to be making good progress in recovering from his undisclosed lower leg injury, but on Tuesday he was seen along the sidelines on crutches with an immobilizer cast on his leg.

Head coach Dick Jauron confirmed that Hawthorne had surgery this week.

“C.J. is in a cast right now, and will be for a few more days, it’s a leg issue,” Jauron said. “C.J. has had some surgery. As far as I’ve been told, he should be ready for camp.”

Lowell Ullrich of The Province profiles Ryan Grice-Mullen.

The 22-year-old is at only his first CFL training camp yet, because so much of what the Lions hope to accomplish offensively is centered around him, the receiver with the brown-tipped dreadlocks is being treated like a proven veteran.

The biggest move made by GM/coach Wally Buono in the off-season, which resulted in the release of Jason Clermont and insertion of Paris Jackson at slotback, doesn't happen if Grice-Mullen is less than ordinary during his brief indoctrination to the three-down game late last season.

It was during a stretch where Grice-Mullen had a pair of 100-yard receiving contests and showed the vertical stretch possibilities that could be added to the Lions' offence that come from a 4.4-second runner in the 40-yard dash.