Tiger-cats Trade Linebacker Hoffman-ellis To Eskimos

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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced Monday that the football club has acquired a conditional eighth round pick in the 2018 CFL Draft from the Edmonton Eskimos in exchange for international linebacker Alex Hoffman-Ellis.
Hoffman-Ellis, 26, signed with the Tiger-Cats on February 9 but did not appear in a regular season game with the team. He posted 57 defensive tackles and three interceptions in 17 games (10 starts) with the B.C. Lions in 2015, his first full CFL season. The 6-0, 230-pound native of Los Angeles, California, played one game in 2014 for the Lions, his CFL debut on November 7 versus Calgary, collecting eight defensive tackles and one forced fumble.

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