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Adam
KONAR
#31 Linebacker
Adam
KONAR
#31 Linebacker
Height 6'2
Weight 225 lbs
Birth Date (Age) 1993-10-10 (31)
Born Vancouver, BC
School Calgary
Status NAT
Defensive Tackles 1
Special Teams Tackles 7
Interceptions 0
Sacks 0

Born: October 10, 1993- Vancouver, British Columbia
Entering 2025Years as a Lion: 3rd  Years in CFL: 10th   Status: American
Career Games: 118   Playoffs: 4    Grey Cup: 0

 

Acquired:

 

Adam returned to the Lions as a free agent on February 11, 2025. His first stint with the club began as a free agent addition in May 2019 during training camp in Kamloops.

 

2024: Konar moved south to the Calgary Stampeders and played 17 games while recording three defensive tackles and seven special teams stops. Recorded a season-high three special teams tackles in a week four victory over Winnipeg.

 

2022-23: Adam returned to the Elks as a free agent ahead of the 2022 campaign and started all 18 games at linebacker while finishing third on the team with 69 defensive plays and adding 52 tackles, three tackles for a loss, two sacks, a pair of forced fumbles and four pass breakups. The 2023 campaign saw the veteran record a career-high 73 defensive tackles while he suited up in his 100th career regular season game in week 20 against Montreal.

 

2021: Suited up in all 14 regular season games in the shortened 2021 season while racking up six defensive tackles, 13 special teams stops and one sack.

 

2019: Following his release from Edmonton, Adam joined the Lions early in 2019 training camp and went on to appear in seven games with six defensive tackles and eight special teams stops.

 

2015-18: Adam was selected in round three (25th overall) by Edmonton in the 2015 CFL Draft. In his first stint with the green and gold, he suited up in 28 games and racked up 84 defensive tackles, ten special teams tackles, two sacks, three interceptions and a pair of forced fumbles.

 

College/Junior:

 

2013-14: Adam joined the University of Calgary Dinos and recovered from a torn ACL that kept him out of the 2013 season to earn All-Canadian honours in his final year.

 

2012: Suited up for one season with the Langley Rams of BCFC.

 

2011: Adam played his first season of eligibility with the UBC Thunderbirds.

 

Personal:

Konar is an alumnus of Vancouver College and was the Provincial championship game’s MVP in 2010 when the Fighting Irish took down Terry Fox. His father Kevin suited up as a linebacker for the Lions from 1989-89 and was a Grey Cup champion in 1985.

Seasons

Defence

YEAR TEAM GP DT ST SACKS INT TD FF
2015
EDM 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
2016
EDM 6 3 1 0 0 0 0
2017
EDM 12 59 4 1 2 0 1
2018
EDM 11 21 5 1 1 0 1
2019
BC 17 6 8 0 0 0 0
2021
BC 14 6 13 1 0 0 0
2022
EDM 18 52 5 2 1 0 2
2023
EDM 18 73 1 0 0 0 0
2024
CGY 17 3 7 0 0 0 0
2025
BC 9 1 7 0 0 0 0
Total
127 225 51 5 4 0 4

Game Log

Game Participation Count

Year Team Regular Semi-Final Final Greycup Total
2015
EDM 5 0 0 0 5
2016
EDM 6 1 1 0 8
2017
EDM 12 1 1 0 14
2018
EDM 11 0 0 0 11
2019
BC 17 0 0 0 17
2021
BC 14 0 0 0 14
2022
EDM 18 0 0 0 18
2023
EDM 18 0 0 0 18
2024
CGY 17 0 0 0 17
2025
BC 9 0 0 0 9

Defence

DATE WEEK OPP DT ST SACKS INT TD FF
06-08
1 EDM 0 2 0 0 0 0
06-13
2 WPG 1 0 0 0 0 0
06-21
3 WPG 0 1 0 0 0 0
06-28
4 SSK 0 2 0 0 0 0
07-05
5 MTL 0 0 0 0 0 0
07-13
6 EDM 0 0 0 0 0 0
07-19
7 SSK 0 1 0 0 0 0
07-27
8 HAM 0 1 0 0 0 0
08-07
10 HAM 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total
1 7 0 0 0 0

Player Transactions

DATE TEAM ACTION STATUS