CALGARY - Quinn Smith feels he's had the best of both worlds this CFL season.

The 24-year-old from Toronto felt the glory of recording a sack and also the fun of being on the field to celebrate touchdowns with the Calgary Stampeders.

Smith started at defensive tackle the first 10 games of this season before morphing into the sixth man on the offensive line.

The Concordia University product returned to defence for Calgary's regular-season finale, only to switch to offence again in the West Division semifinal.

That's a lot of pages to memorize from the Stampeder playbook.

"My brain has been a bit of a storm this year, but the coaches have been great helping me out and making it a little more simple," Smith said Friday.

"Defensive line, when you sack the quarterback you get a bit more praise, there's a little more glory. But offence, you're on the field for touchdowns so it's pretty exciting. When you're on defence and there's a touchdown scored, it's not a good thing. It's good to celebrate touchdowns once in awhile."

Stampeder head coach and general manager John Hufnagel called Smith "a very handy person to have on your roster this year'' and now even more given the revamping of Calgary's offensive line ahead of Sunday's West Division final against the Edmonton Eskimos.

Injuries to starting centre Pierre Lavertu (hamstring) and left guard Shane Bergman (upper body) in a division semifinal win last Sunday has the Stampeders relying even more on Smith's versatility.

The winner of Sunday's tilt between the CFL's 14-4 teams books a berth in the Grey Cup on Nov. 29. The Eskimos won the season series against the defending Grey Cup champions and thus earned home-field advantage for the division final.

International John Estes, who played both centre and guard at the University of Hawaii, snapped to quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell in practice this week. Estes has played guard for the Stampeders this season, but not centre yet.

"He puts it right on your chest every time," Mitchell said.

Spencer Wilson took over in the middle and Smith rotated in when Lavertu limped to the sidelines in the first quarter against the Lions. Defensive tackle Junior Turner was summoned to the offensive line when Bergman exited prior to the half.

Wilson has shifted back to right guard. Quebec City's Karl Lavoie has practised for two weeks, but the Stampeders' first-round draft pick in 2015 appeared in just one game because of a knee injury.

The Stampeders could also activate Calgary's Paul Swiston or Edmonton's Gord Hinse from the practice roster. Defensive end Charleston Hughes practised Thursday with a cast on his broken hand, but was not on the field Friday.

Other injuries this season to guard Brad Erdos and tackles Dan Federkeil and Edwin Harrison contributed to keeping the six-foot-two, 300-pound Smith on the offensive line for seven of Calgary's last eight games.

Smith played both sides of the ball at Concordia. The way he sees it, flipping back and forth with the Stampeders makes him a more marketable pro player.

"It's a resume-builder I guess you could say when it comes time to be a free agent or something," Smith said. "I'm always going to be playing, which is great."