Nick Arbuckle will be under center on Friday when the Toronto Argonauts visit Nathan Rourke and the BC Lions in Vancouver.
Toronto saw its three-game winning streak come to a halt last week as Arbuckle sat out his team's 21-19 loss to the Montreal Alouettes due to a calf injury. He returned to practice on Tuesday and took approximately 60 percent of the reps in practice for the Argonauts (5-9).
The team announced Thursday that he will be the starter on Friday.
Toronto head coach Ryan Dinwiddie had given backup quarterback Jarret Doege plenty of reps this week -- just in case.
"You know, Jarret still got about 40 percent of it but I was shocked Nick was moving around as good as he was," Dinwiddie said.
Arbuckle's 4,089 passing yards and 25 passing touchdowns are second in the CFL to on