BC Lions add another quarterback

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – The BC Lions have added a fifth quarterback for training camp with the signing of Matt Johnson.  Johnson played four seasons with Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida where he led the Wildcats to a school-best record of 10-2 and a share of the 2010 MEAC Championship. 

The Lions are expected to add a sixth quarterback before rookies report to camp June 2 in Kamloops.  BC is talking with University of California-Berkeley quarterback Kevin Riley. Lions coach and general manager Wally Buono says if a team “is going to be in excess at any position, it should be at the quarterback position.”

Two running backs, Tim Brown and Michael Smith, have also been added to the camp roster.   Brown helped the Billings Outlaws win back-to-back Indoor Football League titles while Smith is one of only nine running backs in Arkansas history to rush for at least 1000 yards in one season.

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