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The first of a potential lengthy list of free agents has re-signed with the Alouettes. On Monday, the Canadian Football League team announced strong-side linebacker Chip Cox has agreed to a new three-year deal.

The new contract’s expected to pay Cox slightly more than $200,000 annually. It’s believed Cox, the league’s outstanding defensive player in 2013, now becomes the CFL’s highest-paid defensive player – or so general manager Jim Popp claimed in a press release.

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“Chip Cox is a model of consistency,” Popp stated. “Over the past six years, I don’t think there has been any one player that has consistently affected the game any more than Chip. He has the uncanny ability to be a game-changer at any moment.

“Chip … in our eyes is the best defensive player in the CFL. Although Chip has already been one of the highest-paid players in the CFL, we made sure he gets his recognition as the highest-paid defensive player in the CFL,” Popp added.