ACQUIRED: Signed by Roughriders in February 2023; signed extension in January 2024.

YEARS WITH ROUGHRIDERS: 4

YEARS IN CFL: 9

2023: After missing the first 12 games of the season with a torn pectoral muscle, Blake was activated and appeared in the final six contests. Most memorably, he played in his 100th CFL regular-season game (Oct. 7 against the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats).

PRO: Blake was drafted by the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes (third round, 23rd overall, 2011) and NFL’s Denver Broncos (fourth round, 108th, 2012). After NFL stints with the Broncos and Arizona Cardinals, Blake signed with the Alouettes and played for them from 2015 to 2018. He was traded to Saskatchewan in October of 2018 and remained with the Green and White through the first-place season of 2019. In 2020, he signed with the hometown Toronto Argonauts as a free agent, only to have the season cancelled due to COVID-19. After CFL resumed play, Blake dressed for 11 regular-season games in 2021 and 17 in 2022. He was the starting left tackle when Toronto edged the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2022 Grey Cup Game, played at Mosaic Stadium.

FAST FACT: Blake graduated from Baylor University in August 2011 with a degree in sociology.

COLLEGE: Blake played in 38 games at Baylor University (2009-11), starting all of them as the centre or right tackle. He earned First Team All-Big-12 recognition as a senior.

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