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It’s not accurate to say he’s been injury-prone in his short CFL career, as there’s been bad luck involved and the broken humerus bone that ended his season last year could have happened to anyone.

But it came at just about the most frustrating moment possible.

Begelton had been chomping at the bit to get on the field all year, but the Stamps were fielding a deep receiving corps and he needed to wait his turn.

In September, though, disaster struck for the Stampeders when Marken Michel, DaVaris Daniels and Kamar Jorden all suffered season-ending injuries.

Begelton was called into service and rose to the occasion.

Playing in Jorden’s slot receiver position, Begelton put up 153 receiving yards against the Edmonton Eskimos in the Labour Day Replay.

A week later against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, he had 150 yards and a touchdown.

It seemed like a star was born, but it all came to a crashing halt in the Stamps’ very next game when Begelton broke his humerus against the Toronto Argonauts.

“Oh yeah, it was demoralizing,” Begelton said. “I come in and finally get my opportunity and it’s starting to take off and then that happens.”

After a couple months of rehabbing his arm, Begelton was back in the gym in January, and he definitely doesn’t look as if he’s lost a step so far at training camp.

He’s sporting a big scar on his upper arm but otherwise looks no worse for wear, which is a credit to what sounds like an exhausting workout routine this off-season.