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Tommy Nield
No. 81 Toronto Argonauts
	Nield with the Toronto Argonauts in 2024
Born:	April 17, 1999 (age 25); Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Career information
Status	Active
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Wide receiver
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	203 lb (92 kg)
University	McMaster
High school	Centennial CVI
CFL draft	2021, round: 4, pick: 30
Drafted by	Toronto Argonauts
Career history
As player
2021–present	Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
	2× Grey Cup champion (2022, 2024); Yates Cup champion (2019);
Career stats
	Playing stats at CFL.ca;

Tommy Nield (born April 17, 1999) is a Canadian professional football wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a two-time Grey Cup champion after winning with Argonauts in 2022 and 2024.

University career

While he had contemplated playing for his hometown Guelph Gryphons, Nield committed to the McMaster Marauders program where he played U Sports football from 2017 to 2019.^[1]^[2] In his third year with McMaster, he caught 48 passes for 688 yards and four touchdowns and was named a second-team OUA All-Star.^[3] He won the 2019 Yates Cup with the Marauders and was the leading receiver in the Mitchell Bowl loss to the Calgary Dinos where he had eight catches for 151 yards and one touchdown.^[3] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 U Sports football season and remained draft-eligible for the Canadian Football League in 2021.^[2]

Professional career

Nield was drafted in the fourth round, 30th overall, in the 2021 CFL Draft by the Toronto Argonauts and signed with the team on May 13, 2021.^[4] Following training camp, he agreed to a practice roster spot, but made his professional debut soon after in week 5 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on September 6, 2021, in the Labour Day Classic.^[3] He made his first professional start on October 30, 2021, against the BC Lions, but did not record a catch or a target in the game.^[5] He played in eight regular season games in 2021, but did not record any statistics.^[3]

After making the opening day roster for the 2022, Nield went back and forth to the practice roster over the next few games.^[6] However, he started at wide receiver on July 31, 2022, against the Ottawa Redblacks, where he recorded his first catch and finished the game with three receptions for 50 yards.^[3]^[6] He scored his first career touchdown on a 37-yard reception from McLeod Bethel-Thompson on October 8, 2022, against the BC Lions.^[7] He played in 13 regular season games, starting in three, where he had ten catches for 191 yards and one touchdown.^[8]^[3] He also played in both post-season games, including the 109th Grey Cup where the Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.^[8]

In the 2023 season, Nield played in just nine regular season games, starting in five, where he had a career-high 32 catches for 384 yards and a two-point convert.^[8] He also played in the team's East Final loss to the Montreal Alouettes, but did not record any statistics.^[8]

In 2024, Nield played in the first four games before suffering an injury and sitting out the following six games.^[9] He returned to play in the rest of the regular season games, playing in 12 games total, starting in two, where he had 21 catches for 201 yards and one touchdown.^[3]^[9]^[10] He was a healthy scratch for the team's three post-season games, including the 111th Grey Cup where the Argonauts' defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41–24.^[9]^[11]^[12]