That was one bold bunny, but his football career will likely be short-lived.

He took to the field Monday afternoon, at McMahon Stadium at the Labour Day Classic between the Calgary Stampeders and the Edmonton Eskimos.

In the final couple of minutes of the second quarter and the Stamps up 10-1, Bugs decided maybe it was his time to shine.

Bobbing and weaving while the boys did battle for their annual tradition, the runaway jackrabbit even got in a touchdown dance with a flying leap into the endzone.

“It was impressive — that bunny could move,” Stamps president Gordon Norrie said with a chuckle Tuesday after video of the bunny went viral.

“The only way you could see that triple barrel roll was with slow motion, it was so unbelievably quick.”

It’s not the first time a rabbit has found its way onto the field.

In fact, Norrie said, it happens quite frequently.

“We have had many rabbits in the stadium over the years — decades you might say — so it’s not unusual to have a rabbit out running around at game time,” he said.

“This is clearly the most entertaining and energetic and talented rabbit we’ve had.”

Sadly there will be no CFL contract in this bunny’s future.

“It’s one thing to run like that, but when you’ve got two, 250-pound linebackers chasing you that is a whole different deal,” Norrie said.

What will happen now is the jackrabbit will be tracked, trapped and relocated to a place where it can safely strut its stuff.

“The rabbit could get hurt and a player could get hurt by inadvertently stepping on the rabbit,” Norrie said.

“That’s why we trap the animals and relocate them.

“When I say animals I’m talking about the rabbits, not the players.”

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