Three wide receivers with Alabama roots are hoping to continue their football dreams with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos.

Canadian Football League teams opened training camps for first-year players and quarterbacks on Wednesday, and full training camps for the league's nine teams start on Sunday.

Larry Cobb, Jarvis Turner and D'haquille "Duke" Williams are trying to earn places on the Eskimos as rookies. They're among the 21 players from Alabama high schools and colleges on CFL rosters as on-the-field preparations for the 2017 season begin.

A standout at Demopolis High School, Cobb was a team captain at Tuskegee as a senior in 2014. Since then, he's played indoor football, leaving the Duke City Gladiators of the Champions Indoor Football League for his CFL opportunity after impressing Edmonton during a tryout and at minicamp earlier this month. The Gladiators are based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A standout at Murphy High School, Turner played collegiately at Alcorn State. He went to training camp with the Washington Redskins last year, but was released when the NFL team trimmed its roster to reach the regular-season limit.

Williams was considered one of the top wide receivers in the 2016 NFL Draft class entering the 2015 season. But he caught only 12 passes for Auburn before being dismissed from the team on Oct. 5, 2015.

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn dismissed Williams five games into the season after the wideout was involved in an altercation outside a bar following the Tigers' victory over San Jose State on Oct. 3. The brawl left reserve center Xavier Dampeer with a jaw injury that caused him to miss the rest of the season.

Williams went to training camp with the Los Angeles Rams last year, but was released when the NFL team trimmed its roster to reach the regular-season limit.

At the other end of the experience ledger among the Alabama players in the CFL are Bryant Turner Jr., a defensive tackle for the British Columbia Lions, and Bear Woods, a linebacker for the Montreal Alouettes. Both have six seasons of CFL experience.

Bryant, who played at Daphne and UAB, was a CFL All-Star in 2012. Woods, who played at Troy, received that honor in 2014 and 2016.

Woods was named Montreal's Outstanding Defensive Player last year, when former Auburn standout Jonathon Mincy won the Alouettes' Most Outstanding Rookie Award at cornerback.

Mincy and Williams are among five former Auburn players on CFL rosters. South Alabama has four former players in the league, Troy has three, Alabama, Tuskegee and UAB have two apiece and West Alabama has one.

Among the former Crimson Tide players is cornerback Javier Arenas, who has five seasons of NFL experience, but he hasn't played since he was with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014.

The first CFL preseason game is set for June 6. The CFL regular season kicks off on June 22.

The players with Alabama football roots on current CFL rosters include:

British Columbia Lions: Bryant Turner Jr., defensive tackle, Daphne, UAB; Swayze Waters, place-kicker, UAB.

Calgary Stampeders: Devonte Danzey, offensive lineman, Auburn; Maleki Harris, linebacker, Cordova, South Alabama; Cordarro Law, defensive end, Sumter County; Ucambre Williams, offensive lineman, Central-Phenix City, South Alabama.

Edmonton Eskimos: Larry Cobb, wide receiver, Demopolis, Tuskegee; Jarvis Turner, wide receiver, Murphy; D'haquille "Duke" Williams, wide receiver, Auburn.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats: Ethan Davis, defensive back, Troy; Desmond Washington, defensive back, Auburn.

Montreal Alouettes: Jonathon Mincy, defensive back, Auburn; Bear Woods, linebacker, Troy.

Ottawa Redblacks: Javier Arenas, defensive back, Alabama.

Saskatchewan Roughriders: Brandon Bridge, quarterback, South Alabama; Kennedy Estelle, offensive lineman, West Alabama; Desmond Reece, wide receiver, Valley, Tuskegee.

Toronto Argonauts: Qudarius Ford, defensive back, South Alabama; Chandler Worthy, wide receiver, Troy.

Winnipeg Blue Bombers:

Darvin Adams, wide receiver, Auburn; Dominick Jackson, offensive lineman, Alabama.