The Calgary Stampeders have signed national defensive back Nick Statz.

The Calgary native and alumnus of Notre Dame High School and the University of Calgary was the Stamps’ sixth-round selection – 55th overall – in the 2019 draft.

Statz attended training camp with the Stampeders in 2019, recording four defensive tackles and one special-teams stop in two pre-season contests, before returning to his university team. He went on to play an integral role in the Dinos’ Vanier Cup-championship season, most notably with his interception on a two-point convert attempt on the final play of the game that preserved a 47-46 Canada West semifinal victory over Manitoba.

Statz played a total of 10 regular-season and post-season games for the U of C in 2019 and had 30 total tackles, three interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. In 43 career games for the Dinos, he had 125 tackles and eight interceptions.