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Warren Smith (quarterback)

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Warren Smith
No. 2, 8
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1990-02-20) February 20, 1990 (age 35)
Forked River, New Jersey, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:Lanoka Harbor (NJ) Lacey Township
College:Iona (2008)
Maine (2009–2011)
NFL draft:2012: undrafted
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Career Arena League statistics
Comp. / Att.:314 / 493
Passing yards:3,527
TD–INT:66–19
QB rating:102.38
Rushing TD:12
Stats at ArenaFan.com

Warren Smith (born February 20, 1990) is an American former professional football quarterback. He is currently the head football coach for Absegami High School, a position he has held since 2025. He played college football for Iona and Maine. Smith played professionally for the Dresden Monarchs of the German Football League (GFL), the Richmond Raiders and Trenton Freedom of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL), the Spokane Shock, Tampa Bay Storm, Washington Valor, and Atlantic City Blackjacks of the Arena Football League (AFL), the Philadelphia Yellow Jackets of American Indoor Football (AIF), and the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks, Jersey Flight, Jacksonville Sharks, and Albany Empire of the National Arena League (NAL).

Early life

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Smith played high school football at Lacey Township High School in Lacey Township, New Jersey.[1] He helped Lacey Township win the South Jersey Group III championship in 2006.[1] Smith graduated in 2008.[1]

College career

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Smith continued his football career playing for Iona College, where he was named the team's starting quarterback as a freshman in 2008.[2] Following the 2008 season, Iona dropped football from its athletics programs, leaving the players the ability to transfer without sitting out a season.[3] Smith decided to transfer to the University of Maine, where he won the starting quarterback position as a junior in 2010,[4] leading the Black Bears to a 4–7 record. As a senior in 2011,[5] he led the team to an 8–3 regular season record, helping the Black Bears qualify for the NCAA Championship Playoffs.[6] The Black Bears won their first-round game, but lost in the second round to Georgia Southern.[7] Smith was named second-team All-Colonial Athletic Association following the season.[8]

Professional career

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Dresden Monarchs

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In 2012, Smith signed with the Dresden Monarchs of the German Football League (GFL). Smith was the Monarchs leading passer and second leading rusher on the season. The Monarchs finished third in the northern division of the GFL with a 10–4 record and qualified for the play-offs where they were defeated by the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes in the semi-finals.[9]

Richmond Raiders

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In 2013, Smith signed with the Richmond Raiders of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).[10] Smith guided the Raiders to a 7–5 record during the regular season, tying the second best record in the PIFL. Smith and the Raiders won their playoff game against the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks, but would lose PIFL Cup II to the Alabama Hammers.[11]

Trenton Freedom

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In 2014, Smith signed with the expansion Trenton Freedom, also of the PIFL.[12] Smith's impressive 46 touchdowns passing and 13 more rushing, led to him being named the 2014 PIFL MVP.[13]

Spokane Shock

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In October 2014, Smith was assigned to the Spokane Shock of the Arena Football League (AFL) for the 2015 season.[14] Shortly after signing with the Shock, Smith, who was working as a substitute teacher at the time, acquired the Shock's video archive password from head coach Andy Olson and ended up watching every Shock 2014 regular season game during breaks in class.[15] Smith made his first career AFL start for the Shock during their Week 7 game against the Los Angeles KISS, completing 23 of 29 attempts with six touchdowns in a 68–46 victory.[16] He finished the season with 1,816 passing yards, 32 passing touchdowns, 11 interceptions and five rushing touchdowns in eight starts at quarterback.[17][18]

Philadelphia Yellow Jackets

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On October 15, 2015, Smith signed with the Philadelphia Yellow Jackets of American Indoor Football.[19] On May 24, 2016, Smith was released.

Philadelphia Soul

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On October 16, 2015, Smith was assigned to the Philadelphia Soul of the AFL. On February 5, 2016, Smith was reassigned by the Soul.

Lehigh Valley Steelhawks

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On May 24, 2016, Smith signed with the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks of the National Arena League (NAL). He earned NAL MVP and first-team All-NAL honors in 2017 after playing in 10 games while completing 169 of 256 passes for 1,953 yards, 56 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.[20][21][22] He re-signed with the Steelhawks in September 2017.[23]

Tampa Bay Storm

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On July 19, 2016, Smith was assigned to the AFL's Tampa Bay Storm. He completed two of two pass attempts for 21 yards in the Storm's playoff loss to the Philadelphia Soul. He also rushed once for three yards.[24]

Baltimore Brigade

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Smith was the eighth, and final, player selected by the Baltimore Brigade of the AFL in the January 2017 expansion draft.[25] He was placed on league suspension on February 10, 2017.[26] On July 13, 2017, the Brigade placed Smith on reassignment.[26]

Washington Valor

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On July 14, 2017, Smith was claimed off reassignment by the Washington Valor. He started the team's final game of the season, completing 21 of 35 passes for 229 yards, 5 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in a 41–35 win against the Baltimore Brigade. He also scored a rushing touchdown in the game.[27] On March 21, 2018, he was assigned to the Valor.[28] On May 22, 2018, he was placed on reassignment, but was reassigned to the Valor on May 24.[29]

Atlantic City Blackjacks

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On March 5, 2019, Smith was assigned to the Atlantic City Blackjacks of the AFL. He was the backup to Randy Hippeard during the 2019 season but saw playing time due to injuries.[1] Overall, Smith completed 84 of 126 passes (66.7%) for 994 yards, 19 touchdowns, and four interceptions in 2019 while also rushing for five touchdowns.[17] He suffered a foot injury in July 2019.[30]

Jersey Flight

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On January 9, 2020, Smith signed with the NAL's Jersey Flight. The 2020 NAL season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 2, 2020, he re-signed with the Flight for the 2021 season.[30] Smith played in all eight games for Jersey in 2021, completing 167 passes for 1,561 yards and 25 touchdowns while also scoring four rushing touchdowns.[31]

Jacksonville Sharks

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On February 9, 2022, Smith signed with the Jacksonville Sharks for the 2022 NAL season.[31]

Albany Empire

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A few weeks into the 2022 season, he was traded to the Albany Empire for quarterback Mike Fafaul.[32] Smith won the 2022 NAL title as the backup quarterback for the Empire.[33] He completed 17 of 21 passes for 146 yards and six touchdowns during the 2022 season.[33]

AFL statistics

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Year Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Int Rtg Att Yds TD
2015 Spokane 158 249 63.5 1,816 32 11 99.07 31 119 5
2017 Washington 21 35 60.0 229 5 2 91.25 6 35 1
2018 Washington 51 83 61.4 488 10 2 97.87 10 30 1
2019 Atlantic City 84 126 66.7 994 19 4 114.98 12 48 5
Career 314 493 63.7 3,527 66 19 102.38 59 232 12

Stats from ArenaFan:[17]

Coaching career

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In 2013, Smith rejoined his alma mater, Lacey Township High School, as the school's offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator. He also coached basketball at Lacey Township, and taught health and physical education.[1] He was hired as the head football coach for Absegami High School in 2025.[34][35]

References

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  2. ^ "Football Defeats Iona 23-7 to clinch winning record in 2008". www.bryantbulldogs.com. Bryant University. November 15, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Dave Caldwell (December 19, 2008). "End of Iona Football Program Leaves Players Looking Elsewhere". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  4. ^ Rachel Lenzi (August 19, 2011). "UMaine Football: One will take the helm". www.pressherald.com. Portland Press Herald. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Jeff Sporer (November 7, 2011). "Former Lacey Township quarterback Warren Smith has Maine challenging for conference title". www.pressofatlanticcity.com. Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  6. ^ Pete Warner (November 19, 2011). "New Hampshire football holds off Maine; both teams earn FCS playoff berths". www.bangordailynews.com. Bangor Daily News. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  7. ^ "Georgia Southern beats Maine 35-23 in FCS playoffs". www.newsok.com. NewsOK.com. December 10, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  8. ^ "2011 All-CAA Football Honors". www.caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. November 21, 2011. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  9. ^ Pete Warner (December 14, 2012). "Former UMaine quarterback Warren Smith still chasing football dream". www.bangordailynews.com. Bangor Daily News. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  10. ^ John Packett (March 15, 2013). "Raiders give former Maine star Smith reins to offense". www.richmond.com. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  11. ^ Mark McCarter (July 8, 2013). "Alabama Hammers roll impressively to PIFL championship by dismantling Richmond". www.al.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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  13. ^ Fran Stuchbury (August 28, 2014). "The OSC Interview: Trenton Freedom QB Warren Smith". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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  15. ^ Meehan, Jim (May 14, 2015). "Shock notes: QB Warren Smith a student of AFL game". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  16. ^ Jim Meehan (May 9, 2015). "Smith throws six touchdown passes, lead Shock to win in first start". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
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  18. ^ "Storm Adds Quarterback To Roster". arenafan.com. July 20, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  19. ^ "Yellow Jackets Sign First Player, QB Warren Smith". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  20. ^ "NAL Releases Releases 2017 Awards Steelhawks QB Warren Smith named League MVP". nationalarenaleague.com. July 10, 2017. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  21. ^ "4 COLUMBUS LIONS NAMED TO ALL-NAL OFFENSIVE SQUAD". www.nationalarenaleague.com. National Arena League. July 8, 2017. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
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  23. ^ "STEELHAWKS RE-SIGN NAL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER". lvsteelhawks.com. September 20, 2017. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  24. ^ "SOUL 63, STORM 41". tampabaystorm.com. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  25. ^ "Baltimore adds talent in Expansion Draft". arenafan.com. January 31, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
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  30. ^ a b Mulranen, Patrick (September 2, 2020). "Former Blackjacks QB Warren Smith to play with Jersey team in National Arena League". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  31. ^ a b "JACKSONVILLE ACQUIRES 2017 NAL MVP Warren Smith". National Arena League. February 9, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  32. ^ Rubel, Abigail (May 4, 2022). "Empire tweak roster, but Castronova still starting at quarterback". Times Union. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  33. ^ a b Mahoney, Larry (August 22, 2022). "Former UMaine quarterback keeps winning obscure championships". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  34. ^ Rimback, Tom (January 29, 2025). "Absegami tabs Smith to lead football program". Chery Hill Courier-Post. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  35. ^ Narducci, Marc (February 21, 2025). "Back at It". South Jersey.com. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
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