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It comes as small consolation for an Edmonton Eskimos team that went 0-for-September, but receiver Brandyn Zylstra was named a Canadian Football League player of the month.

With 31 catches for 532 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the past four games, the six-foot-three, 220-pound Concordia College (Minnesota) product added to his division-leading totals of 1,134 yards on 75 receptions, to go along with three touchdowns in 11 games.

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While he sits second only to Ottawa RedBlacks receiver Greg Ellingson and is on pace for 1,650 yards in just his second CFL season, the personal accolades do nothing to diminish the fact those four September games (against Calgary twice, Toronto and Winnipeg) are part of a six-game losing streak.

“I set high expectations for myself and when I reach those I just move on,” said the 24-year-old native of Spicer, MN., who surpassed the 1,000-yard mark on Saturday with 152 yards on nine catches. “So I didn’t really celebrate too much.