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A second blowout loss in Alberta this season has led to a partial shakeup of the Ottawa Redblacks roster.

The Canadian Football League club announced the signings of punter Andy Wilder, 25, and linebacker Derrick Webb, 23, on Tuesday. Both players are from the United States.

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At the same time, the Redblacks announced that punter Anthony Alix, linebacker Justin Cudworth and wide receiver Michael Campbell had been released.

Alix, whose family is from Mont-Tremblant, handled punting and most of the kickoff duties for the first six games of the regular season before going on the one-game injured list with a hamstring problem. He averaged 42.3 yards on 39 punts and 58.9 yards on 11 kickoffs.

Backup quarterback Thomas DeMarco performed punting duties in place of Alix for Saturday’s game at Calgary, where the Redblacks were blasted 48-3 by the Stampeders. They had previously lost 46-17 in Edmonton against the Eskimos.

Cudworth was on the active roster for just one game this season, spending most of his time in Ottawa on the Redblacks’ practice roster. Campbell was only on the practice roster and never appeared in a regular-season game.

Wilder played U.S. college football at Northern Arizona. He signed with the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in March, but was waived in June.

Webb played his college football at Colorado.