TORONTO – The Toronto Argonauts announced today the club has re-signed American DT Jhaustin Thomas, Canadian LS Joe Spaziani and signed American QB/WR Joel Blumenthal.
Thomas, 26, played 11 games for the Double Blue in 2019 recording 14 defensive tackles and one sack, after being signed by the club in training camp. Previous to Toronto, the 6’5, 282-pound lineman spent time in the NFL with Denver, Oakland, Cleveland and Indianapolis between 2017-2018. The Atlanta native played two seasons at Iowa State (2015-2016) racking up 38 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, four sacks and one interception in 20 games played, after starting his collegiate career at Trinity Valley Community College.
Spaziani, 23, played seven games for Toronto this season after being drafted by the club in the sixth round, 47th overall of the 2019 CFL Draft. The 6’2, 226-pound long snapper spent five years (2014-2018, redshirt freshman) at the University of Virginia playing in 30 career games for the Cavaliers.
Blumenthal, 6’1 and 200 pounds, earned an invitation to Kansas City Chiefs rookie minicamp in May after impressing NFL scouts during Kyler Murray’s Oklahoma pro day, where he was on the receiving end of the 2019 first overall pick’s throws. The Edmond, Oklahoma native’s collegiate career began at Butler Community College in Kansas as a quarterback in 2013 before moving on a year later to FCS Northwestern State in Louisiana for two years, again as a QB. Blumenthal then transferred to Division II Southwestern Oklahoma State where he would switch to receiver for his second and final season with the Bulldogs catching five passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns.