WATERLOO, Ont. - Two former Laurier Golden Hawks teammates will face off on opposite sidelines Sunday as the Edmonton Elks and Montreal Alouettes meet in the 113th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary.

Smith, a 29-year-old from Brampton, Ont., suited up for the Golden Hawks from 2015 to 2018 and was a member of Laurier's 2016 Yates Cup championship team. The 6-foot-1, 245-pound defensive lineman earned OUA all-star honours in both 2017 and 2018 before being selected ninth overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2019 CFL Draft.

Now in his seventh CFL season and second with Edmonton after signing with the club in February 2025, Smith has recorded 197 tackles and 21 sacks across 108 regular season games.

He's already a two-time Grey Cup champion, having won it previously with Toronto in both 2022 and 2024.

Noll, a 29-year-old native of Orangeville, Ont., was with the purple and gold from 2016 to 2021.

The 6-foot-5, 314-pound offensive lineman was selected by the Argonauts with the 35th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2022 CFL Draft. Although he appeared in just one game during his rookie season, he was part of Toronto's Grey Cup-winning squad in the 109th Grey Cup.

Noll later joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders, appearing in 11 games during the 2025 campaign and making his first CFL start at centre. He also became the first Roughrider from Orangeville, Ont. 

Although he finished that season on the injured list, he remained a member of Saskatchewan's Grey Cup championship team last year.

After signing with Montreal this past February, Noll dressed for nine games before being placed on the club's six-game injured list in early September, where he currently remains listed.

Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. EST on Sunday, and the game will be broadcast nationally on TSN and CTV.