Eskimos receiver Derel Walker to miss 6-to-8 weeks with a knee injury

According to the Edmonton Eskimos, receiver Derel Walker will miss the next six-to-eight weeks with a knee injury.

INJURY UPDATE: Wide receiver Derel Walker will miss the next six to eight weeks after he sustained a knee injury during Monday's game versus the Calgary Stampeders. pic.twitter.com/rSzGvzvMTo

— Edmonton Elks (@GoElks) September 6, 2018

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Walker is currently fourth in the CFL with 875 yards and leads the league with eight touchdown catches. He was injured in the second quarter of the Eskimos Labour Day loss to Calgary when his left leg bent unnaturally on a Tre Roberson after-catch tackle in the second quarter.