Former Colorado State safeties Trent Matthews and Kevin Pierre-Louis have signed contracts to play for teams in the Canadian Football League.

Matthews, a four-year starter from 2012-15 who tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the final regular season game of his senior year, has signed with the Edmonton Eskimos. He was a two-time All-Mountain West selection who had 273 tackles, 19 interceptions and 23 pass break-ups in his career.

Matthews spent last year coaching high school football in Texas and was 6-foot-3, 210 pounds during his final season of college football.

Pierre-Louis started 37 career games and amassed 281 tackles and forced five fumbles. He signed with the Ottawa Redblacks and is expected to play linebacker, according to a CSU release. He was 6-1, 215 as a senior in 2015.