BC Lions Football Club GM and head coach Wally Buono announced this morning that kick returner Chris Rainey has signed a two-year contract with the Lions keeping him in orange through the 2017 season. Rainey was eligible to become a free agent today.
“Chris has demonstrated that he is one of our league’s most dynamic returners,” said Buono. “Our game is heavily reliant upon field position and having Chris back returning kicks gives our offence a real boost.”
Rainey joined the Lions midway through the 2015 season and gave the club an immediate special teams jolt making his Lions debut in Montreal against his former club on September 3rd. Two weeks later in Calgary, the blazing-fast Florida grad returned both a kickoff and a punt for identical 103-yard touchdowns. While seeing limited duty on offence, Chris also added a dazzling 25-yard one-handed catch and juke for a TD versus Hamilton on October 23rd.
Since December the Lions have been able to secure seven of their own potential free agents including Emmanuel Arceneaux, Jovan Olafioye, Travis Lulay, Ryan Phillips, Kirby Fabien, David Menard and Eric Fraser,