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TERRY JONES

It’s not totally unusual to see a Florida license plate in Alberta in July or August.

But in November? Not often.

January or February? Almost never.

But if you see a car with Florida plates driving around town this winter, wave and say high to your friendly local wide receiver.

Greg Ellingson drove “half the diameter of the earth” to get here for his first training camp with the Edmonton Eskimos this year, and he’s contemplating spending his off-season here.

The receiver, who is known for his ability to run a route, took a route that included pit stops in New York and Ottawa.

“From Tampa to New York, I had a childhood friend I’ve known since kindergarten, who lives in New York now as well as my dog, Odin. From New York to Ottawa it was just Odin and me,” he said of the Great Dane Mastiff.

“But from Ottawa to Edmonton, I was alone,” he said of leaving his dog with friends to be shipped out to join him in Edmonton at the end of training camp.