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The training camp roster continues to take shape.

After adding a handful of receivers to the depth chart last week, the Calgary Stampeders added some competition at linebacker Monday, signing internationals Jared Brackens and Josh Francis to contracts.

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Francis has experience inking CFL deals — he signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in January 2014, but was released a couple months later without ever making it to training camp — and then toiled in Green Bay Packers training camp last summer before being cut at the end of August.

The 6-foot, 238-pounder finished up his college career at West Virginia University in 2013.

Brackens, meanwhile, was out of football last year after a four-year stay at Iowa State University, where he racked up 57 tackles, including seven tackles for loss, and one pass breakup as a senior in 2014.

Both players are expected to compete for backup spots behind projected starting weakside and middle linebackers Deron Mayo and Taylor Reed, respectively.

There are now a total of 10 linebackers on the roster, including internationals Glenn Love, Maleki Harris and Cameron Ontko, and nationals James Green, Max Caron and Corbin Sharun.