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DaVaris Daniels, WR

Calgary Stampeders

Six-foot-one

203 pounds

3 CFL seasons

Sure, Calgary might have former Eskimos linebacker-turned-coach J.C. Sherritt, but … OK, so this doesn’t exactly make up for that loss. But it does help repair a receiving corps decimated by free agency on both sides of the border.

Larry Dean, LB

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Six-foot

226 pounds

3 CFL seasons

Now this makes up for the loss of Sherritt. Dean is soft-spoken to the point of being overlooked (and undervalued?), but his play on the field speaks volumes.

Don Unamba, LB

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Six-foot-one

195 pounds

4 CFL seasons

Nothing like bolstering the linebacking corps with a couple of former Tabbies teammates. While Dean was a divisional all-star last year, Unamba went on to be named a CFL all-star.

Jovan Santos-Knox, LB

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Six-foot-two

235 pounds

2 CFL seasons

Yep, the Eskimos just fielded an entire starting linebacking corps in one fell free-agency swoop. No surprise, considering that’s the unit newly named defensive co-ordinator Philip Lolley oversaw on the way to the 2015 Grey Cup prior to moving on to Saskatchewan and then, you guessed it, Hamilton.

Anthony Orange, CB

B.C. Lions

Six-feet

190 pounds

4 CFL seasons

He went by A.J. Jefferson the his first time in green and gold, but returns as a divisional all-star to an Eskimos backfield that lost veteran defensive halfback Aaron Grymes to the Lions in free agency.

Ricky Collins Jr., WR

B.C. Lions

Six-foot

198 pounds

3 CFL seasons

The free-agent flow didn’t only go from Edmonton to Vancouver on Tuesday. Here is another former Lion swimming against the current, who will help replenish the endangered Eskimos wide-receiver stock.

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