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In the wake of a tough loss in Montreal, the Ottawa Redblacks have announced the signing of former Winnipeg and B.C. pivot Joey Elliott.

The one-time Purdue Boilermaker, who is 6-3, 209 pounds, has been added to the practice roster where he has been boning up on the playbook for a couple of days. He has CFL experience with Winnipeg for three seasons and with the B.C. Lions last season. Ironically B.C. will be at TD Place Stadium on Friday.

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Also signed are Canadians Kalonji Kashama, a defensive lineman and Matthew Burke a fullback, both are on the active roster. The team also added offensive lineman Hugo Desmarais to the active roster and put him on the one game injured list. Kashama was a Redblacks draft pick in 2013. He went back to school and then tried out for Detroit Lions as unsigned free agent.

But the key acquisition is Elliott, who will likely fill in for the injured Thomas DeMarco, who is gone for the season because of a torn ACL. With Winnipeg, Elliott was 215-for-371 over three years, most of that was in 2012.