Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Cameron Smith was born March 26, 1997, in Roseville, California. He is an inside linebacker in the NFL.

Smith was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round (162nd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. He was waived on August 31, 2019, and was signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster on October 12, 2019. He was waived again on November 2, 2019, and re-signed to the practice squad. He was promoted back to the active roster on November 26, 2019. Smith was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Vikings on July 29, 2020. On August 8, Smith announced he would need open-heart surgery to fix a bicuspid aortic valve he was born with and would miss the 2020 season. He was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on August 10 and was subsequently waived with a non-football illness designation. He reverted to the team's reserve/non-football
illness list after clearing waivers the next day.