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A hip injury during training is expected to sideline kicker Brett Maher for the 2015 season.

“The odds are that he won’t be able to play for us this season,” Marcel Desjardins said following the first of four spring mini-camp workouts at TD Place stadium.

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Maher was the only kicker the Redblacks used last season. The 25-year-old Nebraska native struggled on field goals, converting about two-thirds of his attempts, but he outperformed expectations as a punter and was voted Redblacks special-teams player of the year.

The Redblacks are left with two rookie kickers in camp: Canadian Johnny Marks, a University of Calgary product and American Zack Ramirez, who spent the latter portion of the 2014 season on the practice roster.

Desjardins said other options were being considered, but drafting a kicker on May 12 was unlikely.

“I don’t think there’s anybody of Johnny Marks’ ability in the draft this year, so I don’t think we would draft a kicker that late just for that purpose,” Desjardins said. “We’ll have to see.”