CFL: 3rd season

Stamps: 3rd season

Games played through 2023

Regular season: 21

Playoffs: 1

Grey Cup: 0

Acquired

Selected in the second round of the 2022 supplemental draft and signed on May 14, 2022.

Pro path

• 2022 – Rayam attended mini-camp with the Kansas City Chiefs (NFL)

2023

(Calgary) Rayam dressed for 11 regular-season contests and had 10 tackles and one sack. He had a tackle and a sack in Week 7 against Ottawa and a season-high three tackles in Week 12 at Toronto. Rayam missed the final seven games of the season with a knee injury.

2022

(Calgary) Rayam played 10 games as a rookie and recorded 10 defensive tackles and two sacks. He missed eight games with an ankle injury and returned to the lineup for a Week 20 contest against Saskatchewan, picking up two tackles and a sack. Rayam had two tackles in his CFL debut in Week 1 and recorded his first sack in Week 5 when he brought down Edmonton’s Nick Arbuckle. He was in uniform for the Western Semi-Final and had two tackles.

Notable

First game: June 9, 2022, vs Montreal

First tackle: June 9, 2022, vs Montreal

First sack: July 7, 2022, at Edmonton

College

Rayam played 49 career games and made 26 starts over five years (2017-21) at Boston College. During his career with the Eagles, he recorded 101 tackles including 11.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, one forced fumble and two passes defended. His best season came in 2019 as a sophomore as Rayam made 12 starts at nose tackle and recorded 41 tackles including 6.5 tackles for loss.

Personal

Rayam is an alumnus of Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala., and he spent one year at the Peddie School in Highstown, N.J., before enrolling at Boston College. His father Thomas was an offensive lineman whose 10-year professional career included three seasons and a 2001 Grey Cup championship ring as a member of the Stampeders.