A release in the CFL often means you’ve been cut but not really. With that said, here is a quick recap of the BC Lions transactions over the last 48 hours:

The club released:

Keyon Brown – DT (Purdue)
Tim Cronk – FB (Bishop’s)
Alex Ellis – DT (Wilfrid Laurier)
Ronnie McCullough – LB (Bethune-Cookman)
Yannick Sage – OG (Sherbrooke)
Jared Perry – WR (Missouri)
Michael Smith – RB (Arkansas)
Justin Sorensen – OL (South Carolina)
Dane Randolph – OL (Maryland)
Sean Ortiz – DL (UBC)
Adam Baboulas – OL (St. Mary’s)
Adam Bighill – LB (Central Washington)
Kierrie Johnson – WR (Houston)
Nick Hennessey – OL (Colgate)
Marquez Hall – DB (Tennessee State)
James Bryant – DT (Louisville)
Chris Hodgson – DT (Saint Mary’s)
Michael Carter – DB (Maryland)

Among the released, the following players agreed to practice roster assigments:

OL Adam Baboulas
LB Adam Bighill
CB Marquez Hall
DE Rajon Henley
OL Nick Hennessey
DL Chris Hodgson
WR Kierrie Johnson.

The following players were placed on the nine game injured list:

QB Corey Leonard
K Hugh O’Neill

The following players were placed on the one game injured list:

RB Jamall Lee
LB Joe Henderson
S J.R. LaRose
DB Stanley Franks

Sources: CFL.ca and Lowell Ullrich of The Province.