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Dave Dickenson isn’t ruling Junior Turner out for the year.

The Calgary Stampeders defensive lineman has a long road to recovery ahead of him, though.

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Turner hurt his left knee in the Stamps’ season-opening loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on June 15, and on Monday his head coach said it looks like his injury is serious.

“You hate to put a timetable on guys that work, you know they’re going to rehab with everything they’ve got,” Dickenson said. “But we know it’s a tear in his knee, a couple ligaments. I texted him this morning to let him know he’s in our thoughts, but he’s got to meet it head on and hopefully it heals fast.”

The 30-year-old played all 18 games for the Stamps last season and looked likely to be taking on an even bigger role this year with the departure of d-linemen Micah Johnson and Ja’Gared Davis in free agency.

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