November 7, 2019

Argos add American OL Dontavius Blair

A Toronto Argonauts helmet on the field turf before the game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, MB., on Thursday, July 13, 2017. (Photo: Johany Jutras)

TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts announced today the club has signed American OL Dontavius Blair through the 2021 season.

Blair, 26, most recently played at West Alabama in 2017 where he was an All-America and All-GSC honouree and helped anchor a Tigers offensive line that set single-season school records in pass completions and first downs. The Anniston, Alabama native played at the University of Tennessee from 2014-2015, getting in nine games for the Volunteers. The 6’7, 294-pound lineman started his collegiate career at Garden City Community College in Kansas from 2012-2013 where he started all 17 games and was First Team All-Conference in 2013.