

James Gayle has 138 tackles and 22 sacks over four years at Virginia Tech. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)

The Redskins have added another pair of players to their offseason roster, signing former Virginia Tech defensive end-linebacker James Gayle and defensive lineman Kenneth Horsley from the Canadian Football League.

Gayle went undrafted last spring before eventually signing with the Tennessee Titans. He didn’t survive final roster cuts, however. The 6-foot-3, 255-pound Gayle played defensive end in Virginia Tech’s 4-3 scheme, recording 138 tackles and 22 sacks over his four-year career.

At the NFL combine last winter, he said most teams told him they viewed him as a 3-4 outside linebacker, and he aimed to make that transition and prove his adaptability. Gayle is the nephew of former Chicago Bears defensive back Shaun Gayle, who played in the NFL for 12 seasons from 1984 to ’95.

Horsley, a native of Newport News, Va., spent time last season with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts. The 6-6, 295-pound defensive end played at Mesabi Range Community College in Minnesota, where as a senior, he recorded 15 sacks and 40 tackles.