Oby Arah was born in Nigeria, and played his college football at Howard for three seasons. With Howard, Arah was a conference All-Star and second team All-American in his final season. Arah went to the Baltimore Ravens training camp in 2002, and then signedas a free agent with Montreal in February of 2003. Arah played nine regular season games for the Alouettes in 2003, and played in the for Montreal in the 2003, and in the 2003 Grey Cup. which the Als lost to Edmonton.
[Reference: 2003 Montreal Alouettes Media Guide. 2004 CFL Facts & Figures]
| Year | Team | GP | T | ST | Total | TFL | Yds | KD | Sacks | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MON | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
