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To the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria, his first name means “the road is good.”

Bequeathed that hopeful handle by his Nigerian-born father, former Texas A&M Aggies and Houston Texans wide receiver Uzoma Nwachukwu came to the B.C. Lions last spring expecting to challenge for a starting spot with the Canadian Football League team.

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That’s what the Lions were expecting, too. But the challenge from the speedy wideout, who played with Johnny Manziel and was on the Biletnikoff Award watch list, didn’t materialize. He was let go by the Lions in the first round of cuts in June.

“Honestly, we were very disappointed,” says Lions head coach and general manager Wally Buono. “He came to us highly recommended. We had high expectations for him.”

Nwachukwu’s name came into focus for the Lions again this week when he had a tryout with the Dallas Cowboys, as part of the CFL’s post-season window of opportunity established in cooperation with the NFL.