Speedy receiver Chris Williams progressing from season-ending knee injury
Chris Williams experienced two very different firsts in his 2016 CFL season.
The veteran receiver celebrated his first championship in November when Ottawa captured the Grey Cup with a stunning 39-33 overtime win over the Calgary Stampeders. But Williams could only watch the Redblacks’ championship run after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in October, his first major football-related injury.
“I was having a pretty good year before the injury so, personally other than that, the season couldn’t have gone much better,” Williams said during a telephone interview. “The knee is coming along pretty well as I’m running, jumping and cutting.
“I think (he’ll be ready for training camp) but we’ve still got a couple of months so we’ll just kind of play it by ear. But I haven’t had any setbacks so I’m moving forward just trying to get myself better than ever.”