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Competing against more than a dozen receivers over the course of three days, Lewis was right at home.

“I feel like I bring an edge, a guy that has a chip on his shoulder and a guy that’s going to bring his ‘A’ game and bust his ass, compete and not be outworked by no one,” Lewis said.

Why the chip, Tommylee?

“I mean, look how tall I am,” Lewis said with a smile. “I’ve had a chip on my shoulder my whole life. When you hear someone telling you want you can’t do all the time, it lights a fire inside of you and makes you want to be the best you that you can be.”

Helping Lewis’s cause if he ends up in Stampeders main training camp May 29 is the fact the team is desperate for return options.

The position has been a revolving door since Larry Taylor’s final season in 2013.

From Jock Sanders to Tim Brown and a host of players in between, the only option currently signed to the roster is talented 25-year-old Skye Dawson, but his two fumbles in the West final loss to the Edmonton Eskimos last November didn’t exactly endear him to the fan base heading into the off-season.

Lewis and special teams co-ordinator Mark Kilam chatted on a couple of occasions about the job throughout mini-camp.

“He told me there was a job opening at returner, and he told me he’d be excited to have me as part of his special-teams unit,” Lewis said. “I feel like I can be dynamic and I have a chance to take it the distance every time I touch it. That’s how my mindset is.”

The position is a clear priority in the front office, but Dickenson won’t be able to truly evaluate what he has on his hands until the pads start popping.

“We had very windy conditions, and they all caught the ball well out of the Jugs (machine), but I really believer the returner is a lot of courage, and we can’t test that until you get to see them (in contact situations),” Dickenson said. “I think we will make a point of bringing in lots of guys. We still have guys from last year that have done it and they’ll get first shot at it, but we do feel like open competition should bring out the best.”

In that competition, Lewis could play a starring role befitting of his name.

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