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KAMLOOPS — For the privileged few, the world of professional sports is a multimillion-dollar whirlwind of unimaginable luxury in which the greatest challenge is keeping your priorities straight amid the madness.

Then there is Jeremiah Johnson’s world.

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This year, the B.C. Lions’ running back hit, in his mind, the jackpot when he signed a one-year deal in the $100,000 range to be the Lions’ feature back in 2017. This contract was signed as Johnson was turning 30 and after he’d bounced around the NFL and CFL like a squash ball for the better part of eight years. It also enabled him to spend the off-season with his family while training in the Lions’ Surrey practice facility instead of working a part-time job.

“I’ve never had that opportunity,” Johnson said. “To have that luxury is awesome.”

It’s true what they say about all things being relative.

“I know I’ve been around,” Johnson continued. “People look at the age and say I’ve got a lot of tread on my tires. But I spent two years on the practice squad in the NFL (with Denver) and two half seasons in the CFL.