After missing most of 2016 with knee injury, Green anxious for Argos debut
TORONTO — It’s been a long road back for S.J. Green.
The veteran receiver will make his Toronto debut Sunday afternoon when the Argonauts host the arch-rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats at BMO Field. But the contest will be Green’s first since suffering a serious knee injury June 30, 2016 while with the Montreal Alouettes.
The six-foot-two, 216-pound Green required season-ending surgery to repair a complete tear of his medial collateral ligament (MCL), posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the meniscus in his right knee.
“Forever and a year, man, it’s been a long road,” Green said. “It’s been a humbling experience but in due time is all that I’ve been saying this off-season.