{{short description|Canadian football offensive lineman}} {{Infobox CFL player |name=Cody Speller |image= |caption= |team= |number= 63 |position1=Offensive lineman |birth_date={{birth date and age|1994|05|10}} |birth_place=Caistor Centre, Ontario, Canada |Height_ft=6 |Height_in=4 |Weight_lbs=298 |CIS=McMaster |cflundraftedyear=2017 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2017}} |playing_team1=Winnipeg Blue Bombers* |playing_years2={{CFL Year|2018|2020}} |playing_team2=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |playing_years3={{CFL Year|2021}} |playing_team3=Toronto Argonauts* |career_highlights= *Grey Cup champion (2019) |import=no |CFL=cody-speller/163324/ }} '''Cody Speller''' (born May 10, 1994) is a Canadian former professional football offensive lineman who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIS football for the McMaster Marauders from 2012 to 2017.<ref name="Marauder bio">{{cite web |title=McMaster Marauders profile |url=https://marauders.ca/sports/football/roster/cody-speller/9858 |website=McMaster Marauders |accessdate=2021-01-27}}</ref>
==Professional career== ===Winnipeg Blue Bombers=== Speller signed as an undrafted free agent with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on May 19, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bombers add two, release one |url=https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/05/19/bombers-add-two-release-one/ |website=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |date=2017-05-19}}</ref> He spent training camp with the team and was part of the final cuts when the team released him on June 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bombers release six from roster |url=https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/06/16/bombers-release-six-roster/ |website=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |date=2017-06-16}}</ref> He returned to McMaster for his final year of playing eligibility and was re-signed by the Blue Bombers during the following off-season on December 12, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bombers sign three |url=https://ottawasun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/bombers-sign-three/wcm/9a8db68a-74e0-4e57-868b-0b5dcef17a02 |publisher=Ottawa Sun |date=2017-12-12}}</ref>
Following training camp in 2018, Speller began the season on the practice roster. He then dressed in his first professional football game in the Banjo Bowl on September 8, 2018 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<ref name="Bomber bio">{{cite web |title=Blue Bombers roster profile |url=https://www.bluebombers.com/players/cody-speller/163324/ |website=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |accessdate=2019-11-18}}</ref> In total, he dressed in two games in 2018 while also playing in that year's regular season finale.<ref name="Bomber bio"/>
Speller competed for a starting position in the interior line as a guard during the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite news| title=Versatile Speller right in mix for starting job at guard on Bombers offensive line |author=Ted Wyman |url=https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/versatile-speller-right-in-mix-for-starting-job-at-guard-on-bombers-offensive-line |website=Winnipeg Sun |date=June 4, 2019 |accessdate=2019-11-18}}</ref> He played in 13 regular season games and started eight games at guard. He then started in the three post-season games that year at centre, including in the 107th Grey Cup, where he won his first Grey Cup championship in the Blue Bombers' win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<ref>{{cite web |title=CFL Game Details Hamilton Tiger-Cats @ Winnipeg Blue Bombers |url=https://cfl-api.s3.amazonaws.com/2019/CFL+2019+Gm+95+Hamilton+vs+Winnipeg+Final+Stats.pdf |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=2021-01-27}}</ref>
===Toronto Argonauts=== As a pending free agent in 2021, Speller's playing rights were traded to the Toronto Argonauts on January 27, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Argos acquire Speller in trade with Bombers |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2021/01/27/argos-acquire-speller-trade-bombers/ |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=2021-01-27}}</ref> Shortly afterward, he re-signed with the Argonauts on January 31, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.argonauts.ca/2021/01/31/argos-ink-speller-deal-make-moves/|title=Argos ink Speller to a deal + make other moves|date=January 31, 2021|publisher=Toronto Argonauts|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref> He was placed on the suspended list on July 16, 2021.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=ArgonautsMR |author=Toronto Argonauts Media Relations |title=We have added Canadian OL Cody Speller to the suspended list. |number=1416074818479398912 |date=July 16, 2021 |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|50em}}
==External links== *[https://www.argonauts.ca/players/cody-speller/163324/ Toronto Argonauts bio]
{{107th Grey Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Speller, Cody}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian football offensive linemen Category:McMaster Marauders football players Category:Players of Canadian football from Ontario Category:Sportspeople from the Regional Municipality of Niagara Category:Toronto Argonauts players Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players