Andrew Peirson
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada
 Peirson with the BC Lions in 2025 | |
| No. 54 – BC Lions | |
|---|---|
| Position | Offensive lineman |
| Roster status | Active |
| CFL status | National |
| Personal information | |
| Born | December 5, 1994 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 300 lb (136 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Holy Cross Catholic |
| College | Gannon |
| CFL draft | 2018: undrafted |
| Career history | |
| 2018–present | BC Lions |
| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Andrew Peirson (born December 5, 1994) is a Canadian professional football offensive lineman for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
After using a redshirt season in 2013, Peirson played college football for the Gannon Golden Knights from 2014 to 2017.[1] He played in 29 games over four years, including nine starts in his junior year.[2]
Professional career
Peirson was eligible for the 2018 CFL draft, but was not selected.[3][4] Instead, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the BC Lions on May 9, 2018.[5] Following an impressive training camp, he was signed to the team's practice roster to begin the 2018 season.[2] Following injuries to the Lions' offensive line, Peirson made his regular season debut on October 6, 2018, against the Toronto Argonauts where he started at centre.[2][6] He played and started in the last five games of the regular season in 2018.[2] He also made his post-season debut that year as he started at centre in the team's East Semi-Final loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[2]
In 2019, he began the season on the practice roster and played in just one regular season game that year.[2][7] He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season.
Following the Lions' training camp in 2021, Peirson made the team's active roster as a backup offensive lineman.[8] He dressed in all 14 regular season games as a backup in the pandemic-shortened 2021 season.[2] In 2022, he again made the team's active roster as a backup, but started at centre for two games in September following an injury to Sukh Chungh.[9] On February 2, 2026, Peirson re-signed with the Lions, on a one-year contract extension.[10]
