HAMILTON - It's the Holy Grail for running backs, and a milestone Greg Bell is closing in on for the first time as a professional football player.

The six-foot, 200-pound Bell has run for 837 yards (5.7-yard average) this season, his first as a CFL starter. If Bell can average 55 yards rushing over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' final three regular-season contests, he'll crack the 1,000-yard plateau for the first time since 2021, his final collegiate season at San Diego State.

"It's very important," Bell said Thursday. "I've got to give all the credit to my offensive line, without them I wouldn't be close to getting that.

"It's very important for all of us in this room."

James Butler (1,116 yards in 2023) was Hamilton's last 1,000-yard rusher. Before him, DeAndra’ Cobb did it in 2009 and '10

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