B.C. Lions running back Jeremiah Johnson eager for increased role in 2017

KAMLOOPS — Jeremiah Johnson understood and accepted the plan. That doesn’t mean he liked it.
The B.C. Lions running back split time with Anthony Allen last season as the club aimed to keep both players as fresh and healthy as possible at a position that is among the most violent on the football field.
Johnson would play a few games, watch the next couple weeks while Allen got his chance, and then return to the huddle.
“It gets you off your groove,” Johnson said of the sto