{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 1999)}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography |name=Peter Adjey |team=Ottawa Redblacks |image=2024, 53, Peter Adjey.jpg |image_upright=1 |caption=Adjey with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2024 |status=Active |import=no |position1=Long snapper |birth_date={{birth date and age|1999|6|20}} |birth_place=Santa Barbara, California, USA |number=53 |CIS=Queen's |high_school=Leaside High |Height_ft=6 |Height_in=3 |Weight_lbs=230 |CFLDraftedYear=2022 |CFLDraftedRound=3 |CFLDraftedPick=28 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2022|2023}} |playing_team1=Edmonton Elks |playing_years2={{CFL Year|2024}}–present |playing_team2=Ottawa Redblacks |career_footnotes= |career_highlights= |CFL=peter-adjey/167000/ }} '''Peter Adjey''' (born June 20, 1999) is a Canadian professional football long snapper for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
==University career== Adjey played U Sports football for the Queen's Gaels from 2018 to 2021.<ref name=Queen's>{{cite web|url=https://gogaelsgo.com/sports/football/roster/peter-adjey/10114 |title=Peter Adjey |publisher=Queen's Gaels |access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
==Professional career== ===Edmonton Elks=== Adjey was drafted in the third round, 28th overall, by the Edmonton Elks in the 2022 CFL draft and signed with the team on May 11, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transactions {{!}} Elks sign 2022 draft class |url=https://www.goelks.com/2022/05/11/transactions-elks-sign-2022-draft-class/ |publisher=Edmonton Elks |date=May 11, 2022}}</ref> He won the long snapper job following training camp and made his professional debut on June 11, 2022, against the BC Lions.<ref name=2023guide>{{cite web |url=https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-CFL-Guide-PDF-for-site.pdf |title=2023 CFL Guide |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-date=June 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608011405/https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023-CFL-Guide-PDF-for-site.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played in all 18 regular season games in 2022 where he had three special teams tackles and one fumble recovery.<ref name=2023guide/>
In 2023, Adjey again played in all 18 regular season games and recorded two special teams tackles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/stats?stat_category=defence&filter[season][eq]=2023&group_by=player |title=Stats |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
===Ottawa Redblacks=== On May 1, 2024, Adjey was traded to the Ottawa Redblacks in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2025 CFL draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/01/redblacks-acquire-ls-peter-adjey-in-trade-with-elks/ |title=Redblacks acquire LS Peter Adjey in trade with Elks |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=May 1, 2024}}</ref> In October 2024, Adjey was signed to a two-year contract extension.<ref>{{cite web |title=REDBLACKS sign long snapper Peter Adjey to two-year extension |url=https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/2024/10/10/redblacks-sign-long-snapper-peter-adjey-to-one-year-extension/ |website=Ottawa REDBLACKS |access-date=10 January 2025 |language=en |date=10 October 2024}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.ottawaredblacks.com/players/peter-adjey/167000/ Ottawa Redblacks bio] *{{commonscatinline}}
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