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The Toronto Argonauts have re-signed American returner Janarion Grant. He was slated to become a free agent on February 10.

Grant saw action in 15 games for the Argonauts in 2025, fielding 50 kickoffs for 1,145 yards, a 22.9-yard average, and one touchdown. He also returned 52 punts for 666 yards with a 12.8-yard average, five missed field goals for 107 yards, caught three passes for five yards, and rushed once for two more.

The 32-year-old captured the league’s Most Outstanding Special Teams Player award and was an All-CFL honouree in 2024, his first season with the Argos. He led the CFL in punt return yards with 989, punt return average at 14.8, and punt return touchdowns with three, while also finishing second in kick return average at 24.4 and fourth in kick return yards with 1,000, along with another major. Toronto went on to win the Grey Cup.

The Fort Trilby, Fla. native spent his previous four seasons in Winnipeg, where he was named All-CFL in 2022 and won two Grey Cups with the Bombers (2019 and 2021). In 72 career games, Grant has amassed 3,911 punt return yards and 10 touchdowns, 4,236 kickoff return yards and three majors, 450 missed field goal return yards, 106 rushing yards, and 153 receiving yards with one offensive score. The Rutgers product has also been a dangerous playoff performer with three punt return touchdowns in nine postseason appearances.

The Toronto Argonauts finished third in the East Division standings in 2025 with a 5-13 record, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2019. Franchise quarterback Chad Kelly was unable to play all season due to a fractured leg he suffered in the East Final the previous year, giving way to Nick Arbuckle, who threw for 4,370 yards, 26 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions to be named the team’s candidate for Most Outstanding Player.

The Argonauts ranked seventh in net offence, sixth in net defence, and seventh with a turnover differential of minus-eight. The club’s leading rusher was Spencer Brown with 314 yards, the leading receiver was Dejon Brissett with 907 yards, and the leading tackler was Cameron Judge with 79 tackles. Toronto ranked ninth in attendance with average crowds of 15,109, which was a 0.1 percent decrease from the previous year.