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WINNIPEG — Last month, defensive back/linebacker Rico Murray referred to his former and once-again teammate Kyries Hebert as The Energizer Bunny.

During a Media Day availability at Mark’s CFL Week, the soon-to-be-38-year-old Hebert, who has also been called The Angry Bird, agreed. It’s just the way he is, the way he has always been. He never stops for long. His batteries, it seems, have been recharged.

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Said Hebert: “When I was a kid, I remember parents would be like, ‘Make sure he doesn’t get chocolate, he’s already hyper – he’s going to be over the top.’ I would eat my chocolate before my basketball games and I’d be bouncing off the walls – it was full speed every play.

“I’m just a high-energy person. When I watch TV, I pretty well narrate the whole show. Whatever I’m doing works so I’m going to keep going.”

The stats show one of the Canadian Football League’s defensive elders has still got it. An all-star and East nominee for the outstanding defensive player award in 2017, Hebert had 110 tackles bouncing around the football field and knocking opponents to the turf.