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A little over a year from the announcement that Adam Bighill had signed with the New Orleans Saints comes word that another B.C. Lions linebacker is taking a crack at the NFL.

The Lions announced Wednesday that Micah Awe, 24, was being released from his contract to pursue NFL opportunities. There’s been no official connection yet between Awe and a team, but Lions general manager Ed Hervey said that representatives from the New York Jets have said “they feel very good about his opportunity with their football team.”

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Awe, a Texas Tech product, started nine games as a rookie for the Lions last season.

Playing time opened up linebacker in B.C. with Bighill, 29, a four-time CFL all-star, exercising a clause in his contract last off-season that allowed him a window to talk to NFL teams and then inking a deal with the Saints last January.

Hervey, who was hired by the Lions in late November to help turn around the team after a lacklustre 7-11 in 2017, said that Awe was “promised an opportunity by someone who is no longer with the organization, but we’re not about to stand in his way.”