Eskimos linebacker J.C. Sherritt out for season with Achilles injury

Edmonton Eskimos' linebacker J.C. Sherritt, left, follows the play while being watched by B.C. Lions' Rolly Lumbala during the first half of a CFL football game against the B.C. Lions in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday June 24, 2017. The Edmonton Eskimos have lost linebacker J.C. Sherritt for the entire CFL season after he suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Eskimos have lost linebacker J.C. Sherritt for the entire CFL season after he suffered a ruptured left Achilles tendon.

Sherritt suffered the injury in the second quarter of the Eskimos victory over the B.C. Lions on Saturday. The Eskimos confirmed the extent of the injury and updated his status on Monday.

Sherritt, a five-foot-nine, 220-pound native of Truckee, Calif., was the CFL’s most outstanding defensive player in 2012 when he recorded 122 defensive tackles.

He recorded 70 or more tackles in each of the last two seasons.

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