No experience, no problem.

Oliver91裸聊视频檚 Jamie Fortune has learned a lot about playing football with the Okanagan Sun.

Fortune has gone from playing basketball and hockey and is getting educated on how to be an offensive lineman and he91裸聊视频檚 getting more comfortable each day. It has been a long road since being nervous at the Sun91裸聊视频檚 spring camp.

91裸聊视频淚t was a completely new experience,91裸聊视频� said Fortune of training camp. 91裸聊视频淚 think I did pretty well for the fact I never played football before.91裸聊视频�

Since making the Sun, which is 6-3 in the , Fortune has been the field four nights a week. He also hits the gym twice a week. The challenge has been to keep up his energy levels.

91裸聊视频淭he season is such a grind. It91裸聊视频檚 not something I91裸聊视频檓 used to,91裸聊视频� said Fortune, when the Sun was 6-0 at the time. 91裸聊视频淭ough to find the motivation or the drive. I think I91裸聊视频檝e done a pretty good job of it.91裸聊视频�

Fortune caught the Suns91裸聊视频� radar while playing high school basketball. The coach on the other side was the Suns91裸聊视频� special teams coach. After the game, he approached Fortune and said to give him a call if he ever wanted to play football. Fortune followed up and started working out in April. Fortune said offensive line coaches Bryan Theissen and Ray Wheatley have been awesome. Fortune listens to the veterans who have taken him under their wing.

91裸聊视频淚f I don91裸聊视频檛 understand something, I91裸聊视频檓 not afraid to ask these people questions,91裸聊视频� Fortune said.

One of those teammates is Quinn Horton, who is affiliated with the Calgary Stampeders. Fortune said it91裸聊视频檚 great learning from him. One thing Fortune has noticed about the offensive/defensive lineman is his footwork.

91裸聊视频淔or a big guy, he91裸聊视频檚 so smooth on the field,91裸聊视频� said Fortune. 91裸聊视频淎nd poise. He91裸聊视频檚 a very calm guy.91裸聊视频�

Sun head coach Ben Macauley has praised Fortune91裸聊视频檚 efforts.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 hanging in there and he91裸聊视频檚 learning very quickly,91裸聊视频� said Macauley. 91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 got a great attitude.91裸聊视频�

Macauley explained to Fortune that it would be very difficult to get playing time on the current roster, which includes Rashaun Simonise 91裸聊视频� who saw preseason action with the NFL91裸聊视频檚 Cincinnati Bengals.

91裸聊视频淔or him to come in with no formal football experience, and progress the way he has is very impressive,91裸聊视频� said Macauley.

Injuries would be one of the reasons to change the Suns91裸聊视频� plan with Macauley.

91裸聊视频淲here he has come in a few months, we feel pretty confident that he could handle himself when he gets the opportunity,91裸聊视频� said Macauley. 91裸聊视频淲e want him to go in and have success, not just go in and get his butt kicked. When we91裸聊视频檙e at that point when we feel like he91裸聊视频檚 going to go in and have success, then that will be when he goes in.91裸聊视频�

Although Fortune is a rookie to the game, he has seen plenty of football on TV.

91裸聊视频淢e and my dad (Tom) are both pretty big B.C. Lions fans,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 just liked watching it. There is a big difference between watching it and trying to make it happen.91裸聊视频�

Fortune91裸聊视频檚 goal is to earn a scholarship to a Canadian Interuniversity Sport team.

Macauley likes Fortune91裸聊视频檚 upside and sees earning a scholarship as a possibility. Once this season is over, he will have to put in the work for next season to get faster and stronger. Doing that, Macauley said Fortune could battle for a starting job.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e pretty confident that he91裸聊视频檚 going to be successful,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 fit right in. Right from the get-go they (teammates) understood, some of them coming with more experience, that he was going to need a little extra encouragement to stick with it. They have all been really supportive of him. Likewise, whether he is in the game or not, he91裸聊视频檚 picking other guys up and encouraging them too. That91裸聊视频檚 what we want to see.91裸聊视频�

Macauley likes Fortune91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频減ro size91裸聊视频� of 6-foot-5, 275 pounds, along with his long arms and great feet. One of the first things the Sun look for with linemen is their feet.

91裸聊视频淚 know he91裸聊视频檚 got basketball and hockey experience, so he91裸聊视频檚 an athlete. It91裸聊视频檚 not enough just to be a big guy,91裸聊视频� said Macauley. 91裸聊视频淎 common misconception that just because you are big, you can play. He91裸聊视频檚 kind of got the whole athleticism package to go along with the size. That makes him very valuable.91裸聊视频�