loading...
Canwest News Service
CALGARY – Ken-Yon Rambo says his knee is healing nicely and the receiver should be back in playing form for the start of the 2010 Canadian Football League season with the Calgary Stampeders.
Armed with a contract extension announced by the team Friday, Rambo said rehab on his right knee, injured in July in a controversial tackle from behind by then B.C. Lions linebacker Javier Glatt, is progressing ahead of schedule.
"We like the progress, we just got to keep it going this way all the way to June," Rambo said from Dallas, where he lives in the off-season.
"I'm running, which is a plus. I'm running more than 50 per cent. The plan is to have it at least 90 per cent by June."
Rambo led the CFL in receiving in 2008 with 100 catches for 1,473 yards.
The knee injury ended his 2009 season and forced him to undergo surgery to repair the damage. Rambo has been working with a physical therapist in Dallas, recommended by Stamps director of medical services Pat Clayton.
Rambo was heading into the option year of his contract when he signed the extension, the terms of which the team didn't reveal.
"I'm very happy to come back with the team. After five years, they're like my family," said Rambo, who first signed with the Stamps as a free agent on May 9, 2005. "We've got a world class organization from the coaching staff all the way down to the equipment staff. And Pat Clayton is the team magician. I'm glad to be here."
Rambo is the latest in a string of contract extensions and re-signings of players and coaching staff to be announced by the Stamps in the past two weeks including running backs Joffrey Reynolds and John Cornish, receiver Arjei Franklin and defensive co-ordinator Chris Jones.
After sitting out for most of the 2009 season, Rambo said he's anxious to get back on the gridiron.
"It was very tough. I haven't had a big injury like that in my whole career. I've never sat out that many games," said Rambo. "It was very difficult. When you're winning, it's awesome, but when you lose you're always thinking you can do something, you could've been the difference."
Calgary Herald
smyers@theherald.canwest.com
