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Brandon Zylstra won’t be with the Edmonton Eskimos when training camp opens in the spring.

And, while Eskimos general manager Brock Sunderland has yet to perfect a way to clone last year’s Canadian Football League receiving yards leader, he has done the next best thing.

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Zylstra’s younger brother, Shane, appeared among 10 names unveiled on Edmonton’s negotiation list Tuesday, as part of a league-wide mandate.

“He’s my twin,” Brandon said of Shane, 21. “We think the same, we look identical. He’s four years younger but we could pass off as twins.”

Both Zylstra’s names appeared at the top of their respective team’s receiving yards list last year, too, with Shane leading the way for the Minnesota State University Mustangs, who finished 13-1 in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, with 51 catches for 861 yards and 15 touchdowns last year.

“He’s striving for greatness too, he wants to be the best in what he does and he’s way ahead of where I was at that time, so I’m very excited for him,” Brandon said. “He’s a freak athlete.