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Mark Korte was sitting in class, sneaking peeks at Instagram to keep up with the comings and goings once CFL free agency opened last month.

Back in his hometown to finish up his business studies at the University of Alberta, it wasn’t long before the Ottawa Redblacks offensive lineman, coming off his rookie season, had seen more than enough news for one day.

Some big dominoes started to fall, one after another, as the Golden Bears product out of Spruce Grove watched the Edmonton Eskimos lay claim to a trio of his Redblacks teammates.

An Eskimos squad that had lost the biggest free-agent fish on the market this off-season — three-time reigning league-leading passer Mike Reilly — refilled its net at Ottawa’s expense with left tackle tackle SirVincent Rogers, receiver Greg Ellingson and quarterback Trevor Harris.

“It was a pretty big shakeup, honestly,” said Korte, 22, who was chosen fourth overall in the 2018 CFL draft. “Obviously some guys that played pretty significant leadership roles on our team going elsewhere, but that’s just kind of the nature of the CFL. Guys have such a limited window of time to play that you really have to take the best opportunities that come to you.