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VERO BEACH, Fla. — Chevon Walker and Paris Cotton are at the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ mini-camp for more than football in the Florida sun.

The veteran running backs are both hoping that the mini-camp at Historic Dodgertown leads to jobs with the CFL team. Cotton and Walker are both free agents after being released by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers after the 2015 season. They were contacted by the Riders and invited to the mini-camp as a means of evaluating where they stand.

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Walker, 28, spent four seasons in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2012-13), Ottawa Redblacks (2014-15) and Blue Bombers (2015).

“It’s an opportunity and it’s an opportunity to get a headstart on the offence and learn the system,” Walker said after Monday’s session. “We kind of ran the same offence (as the Riders are installing) with Ottawa and it’s like refreshing my memory.”

Cotton’s CFL career started with the Tiger-Cats. He was signed on April 2, 2013, only to be released three weeks later. In 2014, Cotton signed with the Blue Bombers after attending a Florida mini-camp. He spent the 2014 season with Winnipeg. Cotton’s 2015 season was cut short when he suffered a broken arm in Week 7. He was released by the Blue Bombers on Feb. 28.