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“I’m comfortable with whatever outcome there is.”

Cornish looks and sounds like someone who is already moving on to the next stage of his life, and it’s a shame such a great career is ending this way.

This season finished up much differently for Cornish than 2014, when the Stamps hoisted the Grey Cup in Vancouver, but the story was very similar. Cornish played nine games in 2015 before Eskimos linebacker Dexter McCoil knocked him out of action.

The concussion problems all started in the 2014 season opener against the Montreal Alouettes when Kyries Hebert chopped him down with a forearm to the head, sending him flying unconscious to the McMahon Stadium turf.

Although he returned to play nine games and lead the league in rushing, Cornish wasn’t the same player. He helped the Stamps win the Cup, ripping off one of the most memorable plays in team history with a 78-yard reception touchdown in the West final, but that Hebert hit sent him down a path he couldn’t change.

“I don’t have any regrets. It’s not how I roll,” Cornish said. “I do feel bad that I wasn’t able to give everything I could. Once you have a weak spot, people exploit it. I spent most of the start of the season defending my head against people head-butting me. What did that lead into? Breaking my thumb because I had to hit people’s helmets.

“I break my hand and then I get another concussion. This has defined my last two years . . . that hit. Unfortunately.”

Cornish would like the CFL to do more to eliminate head shots, but he’s not sure they will. Hebert was given a fine for his hit, while McCoil got nothing, so there is not much deterrent for players to stop.