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Zach Kline’s first in-game experience in the CFL was as brief as it is memorable.

The mid-camp addition, who arrived in the fourth and last spot on the Edmonton Eskimos quarterback depth chart in place of the ousted Brett Smith, only came in for one snap in Sunday’s 36-35 pre-season loss to the visiting Calgary Stampeders.

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But he made the most of it.

The six-foot-two, 220-pound Fresno State product took advantage of busted coverage and fired a 40-yard bullet downfield to fellow rookie Duke Williams, who took it the rest of the way for a 90-yard touchdown to tie the score 29-29 with four minutes left in the fourth.

Just like they planned, right?

“Not exactly, we were going to leave him in for one drive and we knew it was going to come down to the wire and I wanted a more experienced guy in Danny, who’s been in our offence for longer than Kline’s few days,” Maas said of Danny O’Brien, who came back in to steer a nine-play, 69-yard drive that ended with a three-yard touchdown plunge by rookie running back Marion Grice, before gunning for victory on a failed two-point convert. “Kline’s going to get work next week, no matter what. But I didn’t want to put him in that situation, so I wanted to get him one drive and it just turned out to be one throw and one touchdown.