Scott McCuaig

{{Distinguish|Scott McQuaig}}

{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Scott McCuaig

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|06|05}}

| birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia

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| status = Active

| import = no

| position1 = Defensive end

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 245

| CIS = British Columbia

| CFLDraftedYear = 2009

| CFLDraftedRound = 3

| CFLDraftedPick = 22

| CFLDraftedTeam = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2009}}

| playing_team1 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats*

| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2009}}–{{CFL Year|2010}}

| playing_team2 = BC Lions

| career_footnotes = *Offseason and/or practice roster member only

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| CFL = 2151

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Scott McCuaig (born June 5, 1984 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a retired professional Canadian football defensive lineman. He most recently played for the BC Lions. He was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in the third round of the 2009 CFL Draft. He played CIS football for the UBC Thunderbirds, as a standout defensive lineman, sharing the single season record for QB sacks (11), named Canada West’s MOP, and in 2021 was named to UBC’s “All-Decade Team”

McCuaig was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on May 28, 2009, following the 2009 CFL Draft.{{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/572831|title=It's more the merrier as Cats sign six and bring in four guest coaches for camp|last=Edwards|first=Drew|date=2009-05-29|work=Hamilton Spectator|accessdate=2009-08-20}} He was placed on the practice roster on June 29, 2009, at the conclusion of the pre-season.{{cite news|url=http://www.ticats.ca/article/tiger-cats-announce-practice-roster|title=Tiger-Cats Announce Practice Roster|date=2009-06-29|publisher=Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club|accessdate=2009-08-20}} On August 19, 2009, unhappy with being placed on the practice roster and seeing an opportunity to return to British Columbia, he requested a release from the Tiger-Cats and signed with the BC Lions on August 28, 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/sports/56660272.html |title=Ex-Cat now a Lion |last=Kupchuk |first=Rick |date=2009-09-02 |newspaper=Surrey North Delta Leader |accessdate=2009-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906090004/http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/sports/56660272.html |archivedate=September 6, 2009 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions_august_2009|title=Transactions - August 2009|publisher=Canadian Football League|accessdate=2009-08-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812090917/http://www.cfl.ca/page/transactions_august_2009|archivedate=2009-08-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bclions.com/article/lions-add-local-product-scott-mccuaig|title=Lions add local product Scott McCuaig|publisher=BC Lions|accessdate=2009-08-28}}

Following his football career he became a firefighter in BC’s Lower Mainland.