Irvin Smith (born March 12, 1967) is a former gridiron football defensive back. Smith played college football at Maryland. Smith attended Poolesville High School in Poolesville, Maryland, where he led the team to the state championship game in 1983 as the starting tailback. He then went on to college at the University of Maryland, where he played defensive back from 1985 to 1988, earning a degree in criminal justice. Today Irvin Smith works as a firefighter for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.