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Making the most of an opportunity when it is presented, however unexpectedly.

Many an all-star career has begun that way, and when it comes to the Calgary Stampeders, you could draw up a long list of players who’ve taken advantage and made more than good.

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Marken Michel would like to join that list.

It was Michel’s remarkable jets that first caught the eye of the Stampeders in October 2016 and have since put him on the radar of the entire Canadian Football League.

The 24-year-old, who earned a starting spot in Game 2 of this season, thanks initially to an injury to DaVaris Daniels. and eventually became a regular, when other men went down, is on pace for a 1,000-yard receiving season. He currently sits at 780 (on 41 catches) with three games to go, infinitely do-able.

“That would be awesome — that would be something,” Michel, the young man from Plantation, Fla., acknowledged. “I would hold that near and dear to my heart because that’s something that not many people get a chance to do. It would definitely be a blessing.”