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Sure, Trevor Harris gets to wear a bright yellow no-contact jersey in practice.

But that doesn’t mean the Edmonton Eskimos quarterback shies away from the physical side of football.

“I don’t mind, man. My dad used to box prisoners for fun. So, football physicality never bothered me,” Harris said following Tuesday’s on-field training-camp session. “Yeah, my dad’s a crazy guy. Back when I was little, until I was six, he used to box prisoners for fun. Like, on Tuesday nights. He’s a different guy.

“He’s a blue-collar construction worker, he fits the mold of a tough guy. But if you met him, you’d never know. He’s just a super nice guy, he loves his family, he loves working and, apparently, he loved fighting back in the day.”

Back before the first rule of Fight Club was created, apparently.

But with that background, how did Harris wind up playing in the pocket instead of duking it out in the trenches?

“He told me when I started playing quarterback when I was 10, he was really disappointed in me because, ‘Quarterbacks are wimps,’” Harris recalled. “He said, ‘If you promise me you’ll never lay on the field, I’ll let you play quarterback.’

“I promised, so if I’m laying on the field, it’s a bad thing.”

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