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With the 2017 CFL preseason looming, the Calgary Stampeders added five defensive players to their 2017 rookie-camp roster on Monday.

Trenton Coles, Marvin Ross and Jordan Sefon make up a trio of new American defensive backs, along with linebackers Todd Thomas and Riley Jones.

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The lone Canadian in the bunch, Jones played 34 games over his five seasons with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds. In 2016, he set career highs with 20 solo tackles and 21 assisted, including 7.5 tackles for a loss and a sack-and-a-half to go along with a forced fumble. The six-foot, 215-pound native of Delta, B.C., returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown in a loss to the University of Calgary Dinos in the 2016 Hardy Cup in November. One year earlier, the 23-year-old was part of the T-birds’ Vanier Cup championship.

Fellow linebacker Thomas, 26, spent time on the practice squad of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars after going undrafted in 2015. In four seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, the six-foot-one, 233-pound native of Beaver Falls, PA., earned 251 tackles, including seven for a loss, three sacks, three interceptions, a fumble recovery and 11 knockdowns in 45 games (34 starts).