Defensive end Folarin Orimolade returns to the Calgary Stampeders with another Grey Cup ring and ready to be contribute to a revamped culture with his new club.

The 29-year-old Orimolade, the league’s highest-paid defensive end, was dealt by the Toronto Argonauts back to the Stamps – the club that originally signed him as a free agent back in 2018 out of Dartmouth College – for Canadian linebacker Cam Judge last week. Orimolade was part of the Stamps’ last Grey Cup championship team in his rookie year.

“It caught me off-guard that [Calgary] was an option,” Orimolade, a 2024 Grey Cup champion, said on Monday. “I knew if I didn’t renegotiate, I was going to get traded. I just didn’t know where.”

Orimolade fills several crucial needs for the rebuilding Stamps.

Calgary’s pass rush and run defence were near the bottom of the league last season. The Stamps allowed the most rushing yards and had the second-fewest sacks in 2024. Orimolade has a total of 16 sacks over the past two........

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