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LENNOXVILLE — Devon Bailey understands the grace period’s over. Three years after being a first-round pick in the Canadian college draft, the time has come for the receiver to produce.

“That goes back to what I wanted from myself. I don’t want to disappear in this league,” Bailey said Tuesday, following the Alouettes’ late-afternoon training camp practice at Bishop’s University. “That’s what happens to Canadians. Then they fall off or get complacent.

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“The last three years haven’t been what I’ve wanted. But the hunger in me has not subsided, whatsoever. My story definitely didn’t end here. It didn’t end in Edmonton. It’s starting all over again.”

Bailey, a 6-foot-5, 202-pound specimen from Mississauga, Ont., appeared to be a can’t-miss prospect when the Edmonton Eskimos selected him sixth overall in 2014. He produced decent, if unspectacular, numbers over four years at St. Francis-Xavier, catching 87 career passes for 1,160 yards and six touchdowns.