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American gridiron football player (born 1971)

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Adrion Smith
Career information
Born:	(1971-09-29) September 29, 1971 (age 53) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Status	Retired
CFL status	American
Position(s)	CB
College	Southwest Missouri State
Career history
As player
1994	Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1995	Memphis Mad Dogs
1996–1997	Toronto Argonauts
1998*	Buffalo Bills
1998–2005	Toronto Argonauts

Career highlights and awards
CFL All-Star	1999, 2002, 2003
CFL East All-Star	1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005

Adrion "Pee Wee" Smith (born September 29, 1971) is a former football player in the CFL for twelve years. Smith played defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Memphis Mad Dogs and Toronto Argonauts from 1994 to 2005. He was a CFL All-Star four times and won three Grey Cup Championships (1996, 1997 and 2004) with the Argos. Smith was noted for occasionally playing quarterback as well as returning punts. As such, he was considered relatively versatile. He played college football at Southwest Missouri State University. In 2007, he was a radio analyst for the Argonauts. In 2008, Smith was a CFL analyst on Rogers Sportsnet.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Smith signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in March 1994 and played 14 regular season games that season.

Memphis Mad Dogs

Smith was acquired by the Memphis Mad Dogs for the 1995 season. He played 15 games that year and returned a punt for a touchdown.

Toronto Argonauts (I)

Smith joined the Toronto Argonauts for the 1996 season. In the Grey Cup game, he returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown to help secure his first Grey Cup win.

In 1997, Smith won his second consecutive Grey Cup, a game in which he returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown. This kickoff return set the record for the longest kickoff return in Grey Cup history.

Buffalo Bills

Smith signed with the NFL's Buffalo Bills on January 28, 1998. He was released by the team after training camp.

Toronto Argonauts (II)

Smith returned to the Argonauts in September 1998, and played 8 games for the team that year.

He won his third Grey Cup with the Argonauts in 2004.

Smith played in 2005, then he retired in the off-season.

Personal life

In 2011, Smith married Denise Warriner and they share three children together, Makayla, Kiondré and Charlize. In 2022, Kiondré followed in his father's footsteps and was drafted into the CFL by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

References

"There'll be a run on Argo defence". CFL.ca. June 17, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2023.

External links

v t e Toronto Argonauts 84th Grey Cup champions
2 Doug Flutie 4 Ed Berry 7 Johnnie Harris 9 Marcello Simmons 12 Adrion Smith 13 Mike Vanderjagt 14 Marquel Fleetwood 15 J. P. Izquierdo 18 Jeff Fairholm 19 Donald Smith 20 Don Wilson 21 George Nimako 28 Duane Dmytryshyn 29 Robert Drummond 31 Pinball Clemons 35 Brendan Rogers 36 Lester Smith 37 Ken Benson 38 Reggie Givens 48 Cooper Harris 50 Mike O'Shea 51 Noah Cantor 57 Dan Payne 58 Chris Gioskas 59 Pierre Vercheval 61 John Raposo 62 Chris Perez 63 Mike Kiselak 65 Vic Stevenson 73 Andrew Stewart 78 Mike Morreale 80 Norm Casola 81 Tyrone Williams 86 Jimmy Cunningham 88 Paul Masotti 91 Demetrious Maxie 92 Rob Waldrop 94 Oscar Giles 96 Alex Gordon Head coach: Don Matthews Assistant coaches: Bill Bradley Mark Nelson

Toronto Argonauts 84th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Don Matthews

Assistant coaches: Bill Bradley
Mark Nelson

v t e Toronto Argonauts 85th Grey Cup champions
1 Kelly Wiltshire 2 Doug Flutie 3 Charles Anthony 7 Johnnie Harris 9 Marcello Simmons 10 Antonious Bonner 11 Andre Ware 12 Adrion Smith 13 Mike Vanderjagt 19 Donald Smith 21 George Nimako 28 Duane Dmytryshyn 29 Robert Drummond 31 Pinball Clemons 35 Brendan Rogers 36 Lester Smith 37 Ken Benson 38 Reggie Givens 50 Mike O'Shea 51 Noah Cantor 54 Jeremy O'Day 56 Chad Folk 57 Dan Payne 58 Chris Gioskos 59 Pierre Vercheval 63 Mike Kiselak 73 Andrew Stewart 80 Norm Casola 81 Andre Kirwan 87 Derrell Mitchell 88 Paul Masotti 89 Denis Montana 91 Demetrious Maxie 92 Rob Waldrop 94 Oscar Giles Head coach: Don Matthews Assistant coaches: Bill Bradley Gary Etcheverry Donald Hill-Eley

Toronto Argonauts 85th Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Don Matthews

v t e Toronto Argonauts 92nd Grey Cup champions
1 Noel Prefontaine 2 Michael Fletcher 3 Andre Rison 4 Andre Talbot 5 Arland Bruce III 6 Dan Giancola 7 Michael Bishop 8 Chris Hardy 9 Damon Allen 10 Antonious Bonner 11 John Williams 12 Adrion Smith 13 Clifford Ivory 15 Tony Miles 16 Romaro Miller 18 R. Jay Soward 19 Scott Krause 20 John Avery 21 Orlondo Steinauer 23 Bashir Levingston 24 Raphaol Ball 26 Jordan Younger 29 Hurley Tarver 30 Kenny Wheaton 32 Chuck Winters 33 Jeff Johnson 34 Skip Hicks 35 Kevin Eiben 36 Ray Mariuz 37 Mike Crumb 38 Kris Aiken 45 Randy Srochenski 50 Mike O'Shea 56 Chad Folk 58 Frank Hoffmann 59 Mike Mihelic 62 Jon Landon 64 Mark Moroz 65 Sandy Annunziata 66 Jude St. John 67 John Feugill 68 Dave Costa 69 Bernard Williams 70 Kevin Gagnon 77 Michael Palmer 82 Jean-Frederic Tremblay 85 Johnny Mitchell 88 Robert Baker 90 Chuck Walsh 92 Noah Cantor 93 Gabe Robinson 94 Arnold Miller 95 Eric England 97 Jonathan Brown 98 Marvin Thomas Head coach: Pinball Clemons Assistant coaches: Kent Austin Perry Marchese Tom Menas Ken Miller Marcello Simmons Rich Stubler

Toronto Argonauts 92nd Grey Cup champions

Head coach: Pinball Clemons

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