Jeff Smith (born May 28, 1962) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

wide receiver who played five seasons in the

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and one in the original USFL.

Early years

Smith graduated from

Poway High School Poway High School is a four-year secondary school in southern California accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Established in 1961, its approximately 2,408 students are from the city of Poway and the community of Rancho Be ...

in 1979.

Collegiate career

The then-6-foot-3, 175-pound Smith transferred to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo after former football rival Cal Poly Pomona dropped the sport following the fall of 1982. In his only season with the

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on the Central Coast, Smith earned All- WFC First Team honors.

Professional football

Smith played for the

Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...

, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and

Ottawa Rough Riders The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded in 1876. Formerly one of the oldest and longest-lived professional sports teams in North America, the Rough Riders won the Grey Cup championship nine ...

. He was also a member of the Orlando Renegades of the

United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be ...

Personal life

Smith is the son of former longtime NFL assistant coach Jerry Smith.

References

External links

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Living people 1962 births Players of American football from San Diego County, California American football wide receivers Canadian football wide receivers Players of Canadian football from California Cal Poly Mustangs football players Toronto Argonauts players Washington Federals/Orlando Renegades players Winnipeg Blue Bombers players Ottawa Rough Riders players People from Poway, California {{Widereceiver-1960s-stub