Courtesy Toronto Star:

The latest David Boston reclamation project is still on hold.

The former NFL Pro Bowl receiver, who hasn’t caught a pro football pass since 2005 because of injuries and legal woes, spent the opening day of the Toronto Argonauts training camp as a spectator.

While raw rookies with simple dreams tried to show their stuff under the broiling sun at the University of Toronto at Mississauga campus, the man who five years ago signed a $53 million contract with the San Diego Chargers watched patiently. A pre-camp medical detected a foot problem that will be assessed this morning.

But neither Boston nor head coach Rich Stubler considers it an issue. Both expect the well-travelled NFLer to be running pass routes today.

Though it’s the same foot Boston injured warming up for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ opener last September, leading to his eventual release, Boston says he doesn’t know if it’s related.

“I’m not exactly sure what it is,” he said. “I’ll just have to wait until the doctor sees it, but I don’t think it’s anything to worry about.”

If Boston does take the field today, the 29-year-old is hoping to revive a career that has gone rapidly downhill. A first-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 1999, he quickly established himself as one of the NFL’s top talents. He led the league in receiving in his third season and turned that into a big contract with the Chargers.

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