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CFL teams would have lined up to woo Cameron Judge if he had opted to test free agency.

Judge, after all, was named the West Division’s most outstanding Canadian in 2019.

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Just 25, and coming off a breakout season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Judge has barely scratched the surface of his potential.

But if there is to be a bidding war, it will have to wait at least a year.

Judge has just signed a contract extension with Saskatchewan.

By consummating the one-year deal, Roughriders general manager Jeremy O’Day made his finest move of a busy off-season.

That is written with all due respect to key contributors such as centre Dan Clark, cornerback Nick Marshall, defensive halfback Loucheiz Purifoy and defensive end A.C. Leonard, all of whom have signed new deals in recent months.

As a ratio-changing linebacker — someone who made a series of impactful plays for a first-place team last season — Judge would have been virtually impossible to replace.