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The battle for the last starting job in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers receiving corps has been an intense one with 10 international players in the mix.

So far, it would seem the leading candidates are 6-foot-2, 180-pound Kenny Lawler, and 6-foot-2, 200-pound Rasheed Bailey.

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Those two have been getting the most first-team reps in training camp, with Bailey lining up at slotback for the first few days and Lawler in that spot in the last few.

Lawler was a seventh-round NFL draft pick in 2016 who was not able to catch on with the Seattle Seahawks, while Bailey was on the practice rosters of five different NFL teams since 2015.

They are both big, fast players who are learning the nuances of the CFL game, but Lawler could have a bit of an edge because he spent the last month of the 2018 season on the Bombers practice roster.

“I had kinda like a head start,” Lawler said Sunday after a training camp session at IG Field. “I feel like it’s definitely big for me, just being able to be in here last year and learn the system before all the other rookies got here this year. It’s been big for me in everything that I do today.”