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There are two things a Canadian Football League fullback requires — patience and a lack of ego.

“You don’t get the ball so often. When you do, you need to make something out of it. If you don’t, you won’t get the ball no more,” the Alouettes’ Jean-Christophe Beaulieu said Monday, following practice at Olympic Stadium.

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“You need to be patient. You play in the shadow of everybody else. But I like the way they use me.”

Quietly, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Beaulieu has become the Als’ secret weapon on offence, generally providing the team with at least one productive play per game. Last Friday against Calgary, it was a 27-yard run in the second quarter, part of a six-play, 100-yard touchdown drive. On the next play, Darian Durant found B.J. Cunningham open for a 39-yard touchdown after a Stampeders defender fell.

Beaulieu, now in his fourth season with Montreal, has three carries for 40 yards. He also has caught two passes for 17 yards. The Trois-Rivières native hasn’t missed a game the last two seasons and, in 2015, scored his first, and only, professional touchdown, against Ottawa.