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For all the pressure placed on place kickers over the course of a season, it’s a load off Sean Whyte’s mind that his place with the Edmonton Eskimos has been secured.

The 31-year-old veteran of eight CFL seasons is coming back for a ninth after signing a contract extension with the club he won the 2015 Grey Cup with.

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And the five-foot-nine, 175-pound native of White Rock, B.C., followed up by leading the league last season with a field-goal accuracy of 93.8 per cent – the third highest single-season performance in league history.

During a year where the entire field averaged 82.7 per cent, he was the only one above 90 per cent.

For his efforts, Whyte was named the team nominee as most outstanding special-teams player and most outstanding Canadian.

“Excited and so happy to be an Eskimo again. My coaches, teammates and the people of Edmonton make football fun. How could I say no?” he posted on social media Tuesday.