EDMONTON

Many of them have gone nameless through a players-only camp in March and last month’s team-run rookie- and QB-camp in Florida, but the latest additions to the Edmonton Eskimos roster have now been given nametags and will be ready to make that name for themselves once training camp opens on May 31st.

A dozen players were added to the mix over the past week, including quarterback Justin Goltz, who was brought in during last year’s playoff run after starter Mike Reilly broke his foot and third-stringer Pat White suffered a concussion that led to his retirement over the off-season.

Goltz, who spent the previous four seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, will be battling with Matt Nichols and newcomers James Franklin, a three-year starter at Missouri, and former Chicago Bears running back and Northern Illinois pivot Jordan Lynch, for playing time behind Reilly.

The biggest group brought in were receivers, with a trio joining an already stacked stable of 10 who will look to help fill the well-worn cleats of the outgoing Fred Stamps. They will, of course, all look to keep in stride of last year’s receiving-yards leader Adarius Bowman.

“And that’s what you want as a receiver,” receiver Chad Bumphis told Eskimos play-by-play commentator Morley Scott during the latest installment of The Eskimos Show on 630 CHED. “As a competitor that’s all you want, just an opportunity to compete against good guys and, in turn, it will make you a better player.”

There is a temporary job open on the offensive line as the Eskimos announced starting guard Simeon Rottier will begin the 2015 season on the injured list as he continues to rehabilitate his knee.

Defensively, the Eskimos brought in some CFL experience in the form of Jacksonville State defensive tackle Torrey Davis, who split the past four seasons between the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Last year, his season in Hamilton lasted just four weeks, which came on the heels of the tragic drowning death of his five-year-old son, Torrey Jr. The six-foot-three, 300-pound Florida Gator and Jacksonville State product will look to start a new chapter here with the Eskimos.

“We’re pretty solid,” Eskimos head coach Chris Jones told 630 CHED as to the current state of his roster. “(Eskimos GM) Ed (Hervey) and (director of player personnel) Paul Jones do a great job with our personnel. We certainly saw some good players down in Florida and we feel solid across the board.

“We’ll have an opportunity to compare the ones who are new to the ones that we had this year here in a couple weeks.”

ON DA SKED: With the FIFA women’s World Cup beginning in Edmonton in a month, the Eskimos will kick off the preseason with veteran medicals in Spruce Grove on May 30th, with the annual Fan Day festivities taking place on June 6. Their first preseason game is against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on June 13 in Fort McMurray. Travel packages available at www.NorthernKickoff.ca, or follow @Section_O on Twitter for information on a fan bus from Edmonton … The Eskimos will hold their annual general meeting with shareholders and media at Commonwealth Stadium on Tuesday … The team will take part in the CFL’s season preview series teleconference on Wednesday with president Len Rhodes, Hervey and Jones.

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The quick and dirty on the dozen new Eskimos:

LATEST SIGNINGS

QB Justin Goltz(I), Occidental

Has taken 160 game snaps in four seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was brought in by the Eskimos late last year following injuries to Mike Reilly and Pat White.

QB James Franklin(I), Missouri

A three-year starter in college, the six-foot-two, 225-pounder completed 62.1% of his passes for 6,962 yards and 51 touchdowns compared to 25 interceptions. He added 1,729 yards and 21 touchdowns on 450 carries.

RB Shakir Bell(I), Indiana State

Earned 4,214 yards and 28 touchdowns on 672 carries and was a finalist for the 2011 Walter Payton Award.

WR Chad Bumphis(I), Mississippi State

The Mississippi State product took a tour through the NFL over the previous two years and is returning for his second training camp with the Eskimos.

WR Bryant Mitchell (I), Northwest State

The six-foot-two, 185-pounder had 53 receptions for 564 yards and five touchdowns in 21 career games.

WR Derel Walker(I), Texas A&M

Also six-foot-two and 185 pounds, he had 59 catches for 903 yards and five touchdowns in two seasons.

DE R.J. Roberts(I), Troy

The six-foot-four, 255-pounder is making the leap from the Arena Football League, where he spent 2013 with the Tampa Bay Storm.

DT Torrey Davis(I), Jacksonville State

A former Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats interior D-lineman is entering his fifth year in the league.

LB Scott Williams(I), Hampton

The six-foot-four, 220-pounder recorded 98 tackles in 29 college games to go along with a 70-yard kickoff-return touchdown.

LB Korey Jones(I), Wyoming

Played two games with the B.C. Lions in 2013, sandwiching short stints with the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers.

DB John Ojo(I), Florida A&M

Had 131 tackles, seven interceptions and six knockdowns over his five-year college career.

KR/PR Etauj Allen(I), Ouachita Baptist

A well-decorated college returner and DB who was ranked second in the nation in 2013 with an average of 18.2 yards per return.

RECENT RELEASES

QB Matt Scott(I)

The former Cincinnati Bengals chucker dressed for the Eskimos final regular-season game of 2014 but didn’t take a snap.

WR Isaiah Williams, (I)

Caught three passes for 38 yards in his inaugural CFL season with the Eskimos.

OL Adam Baboulas(N)

Played seven games at centre last year, but became expendable once the Eskimos reunited with former Ottawa RedBlacks pickup Alexander Krausnick.

DE Cameron Sheffield(I)

Fifteen tackles, four sacks and a knock down in 10 games of his first CFL season.

CB Robert Sands(I)

Was injured in the Eskimos season-opener and wasn’t heard from again — until the N.Y. Times put the spotlight on his past in a series looking at professional athletes and domestic abuse.