Jesse Lumsden (28) leaves for the locker room on Thursday. (Jimmy Jeong/Canadian Press)Jesse Lumsden's much-anticipated debut with the Edmonton Eskimos lasted less than one quarter.
Lumsden, the son of former Eskimos fullback Neil Lumsden, hurt his left shoulder with 33 seconds left in the first quarter of Thursday's season opener versus the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium.
It is the same shoulder that required surgery in each of the last two winters, and limited him to 19 games over the past two seasons.
"It is his shoulder again," Eskimos rookie head coach Richie Hall told TSN at intermission. "I don't know what the final prognosis is."
Lumsden, 26, caught a pass out of the backfield and was injured on a tackle by Blue Bombers linebacker Siddeeq Shabazz, who struck him flush on the shoulder.
Television replays revealed that Lumsden lowered the shoulder to absorb the hit.
To that point, he rushed twice for five yards and caught three passes for 20 yards.
Trainers looked to be trying to pop the shoulder back into place before Lumsden headed for the locker room.
He reportedly was taken to a local hospital for X-rays.
Signed Feb. 17 with Eskimos
Lumsden, born in Edmonton but raised in Burlington, Ont., signed Feb. 17 with the Eskimos following four injury-prone seasons with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
The bruising running back has averaged an impressive 6.3 yards per carry in the CFL, compiling 1,797 yards and nine touchdowns on 285 carries, and seemed the perfect choice to shore up Edmonton's ground game вЂ" the league's worst last season.
Lumsden, the 2004 Hec Crighton Trophy winner as Canada's top collegiate player, was selected sixth overall by Hamilton in the 2005 CFL draft, but signed with the Seattle Seahawks.
After failing to make the Seahawks out of training camp, he inked a deal with the Tiger-Cats on Sept. 12, 2005.
Lumsden rushing for 370 yards and one touchdown in five starts that season before returning to the NFL.
He was released by the Washington Redskins on Aug. 29, 2006, and re-signed with the Tiger-Cats two weeks later.
With files from The Canadian Press