February 3, 2025

Argos extend Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Ryan Hunter

Bailey McLean/CFL.ca

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have extended the contract of National offensive lineman Ryan Hunter, the team announced on Monday.

Hunter was not a pending free agent in 2025.

Hunter won the CFL’s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award in 2024 after helping solidify an offensive line that cleared lanes for the league’s second-leading rushing unit at 121.3 yards per game.

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Ryan Hunter won the Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award at the 2024 CFL Awards (CFL.ca)

The Bowling Green product started 17 games last season and aided an offence that led the CFL averaging 28.6 points per game. The fourth-year Argo started multiple games at guard and tackle in 2024.

The North Bay, ON native has played 40 regular season games, four playoff games, and won two Grey Cups in Double Blue while being named All-CFL twice (2023-2024). Hunter was also a member of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl-winning team in 2019.

The team also announced the release of National reciever Tommy Nield. Nield spent four seasons in Toronto, playing in 26 total games and hauling in 776 yards and two touchdowns on 63 catches.

Toronto also announced on Monday they have signed American receiver Vyncint Smith.

Smith (six-foot-three, 195 pounds) played seven games with the DC Defenders of the XFL in 2024, catching six passes for 101 yards and one touchdown. The native of Germany signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2018, playing in seven games, catching five passes for 91 yards and one touchdown.

From 2019-2022, Smith played with the New York Jets, seeing action in nine games. Between 2022 and 2023 Smith would play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, and Indianapolis Colts. The Limestone University alum (2014-2017) played 40 games in college hauling in 153 passes for 2,371 yards and 11 touchdowns.

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