THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are keeping running back Jesse Lumsden out of Thursday's game against the Calgary Stampeders so the CFL's leading rusher can rest a sore right knee.

Lumsden carried the ball 40 times in his last two games and his knee made contact with a helmet early in last week's loss to Saskatchewan, although he continued to play.

"There is no significant injury," Ticats head coach Charlie Taaffe said Wednesday at McMahon Stadium. "He could have played. Our judgment was to hold him out this week."

Lumsden practised Tuesday in Hamilton with a brace on his right knee.

Taaffe says he expects Lumsden to play next week against Edmonton.

Lumsden has a league-leading 362 rushing yards on 48 carries this season and four touchdowns and is third in the league with 382 yards from scrimmage.