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Another potential free agent has decided to stay with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and this one is on defence.

Defensive tackle Drake Nevis, a 28-year-old coming off his first season in Winnipeg, has signed a new one-year deal.

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Nevis played and started 14 games last season, recording one quarterback sack and 22 defensive tackles.

He was scratched for the other four games, all in the last half of the season.

Before signing with the Bombers as a free agent last winter, Nevis played one season with Hamilton, starting 14 games and recording 29 tackles with five sacks.

A third-round pick of Indianapolis in the 2011 NFL draft, Nevis played 26 games with the Colts and Dallas.

The Louisiana State University standout was a second-team All-American his senior season.

Nevis’s re-signing follows those of offensive starters Weston Dressler at receiver, Stanley Bryant, Jermarcus Hardrick and Pat Neufeld on the line, plus kicker Justin Medlock.

Potential free agents remaining include all-stars Chris Randle and T.J. Heath in the secondary, linebacker/defensive back Maurice Leggett and end Jamaal Westerman.