Donald Unamba, Jr. (born February 23, 1989) is a professional

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

defensive back In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...

who is currently a

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. He most recently played for the

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) ( French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Startin ...

of the

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(CFL).

College career

Unamba played

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for Southern Arkansas University.

Professional career

He was signed as an

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by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on April 2, 2014. On August 18, 2015, Unamba was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who signed him to the practice roster. On December 19, 2016, Unamba signed with the

Salt Lake Screaming Eagles The Salt Lake Screaming Eagles were a professional indoor football team based in West Valley City, Utah, near Salt Lake City. The Screaming Eagles started as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League (IFL) and began play in 2017 with home ...

. Unamba re-signed with the Ottawa Redblacks on February 9, 2021. He played for one season with the Redblacks and became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 8, 2022.

References

External links

Ottawa Redblacks bio
Living people Canadian football defensive backs 1989 births Southern Arkansas Muleriders football players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Saskatchewan Roughriders players Salt Lake Screaming Eagles players Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Players of American football from Arlington, Texas Players of Canadian football from Texas American players of Canadian football Edmonton Elks players Ottawa Redblacks players {{Canadianfootball-defensiveback-stub