VANCOUVER – Deontai Williams knew what he needed to do.

Midway through the third quarter on Friday, the B.C. Lions defensive back spotted Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dustin Crum holding the ball low and thought that provided a prime opportunity.

Williams darted in off the edge, stripped the ball from Crum with one hand, held on and sprinted up the field for a touchdown.

It wasn’t the first time he’s made the play.

“If you look back, back in college I did the exact same thing, strip sack for a touchdown,” the Nebraska alum said after the Lions downed the visiting Redblacks 38-27.

Practising ball disruption is routine, he added, and combining a strip sack with a big run came naturally for the athlete who grew up playing offence.

“I was a both-sides-of-the-ball type of guy, and luckily

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