The Saskatchewan Roughriders are running it back with the man who guided them to glory.
Fresh off hoisting the Grey Cup in Winnipeg, the Green and White have re-signed quarterback Trevor Harris to a one-year contract extension, keeping the CFL’s hottest hand right where Rider Nation wants him.
Harris was nothing short of spectacular in 2025, capping his season with a championship performance for the ages. The veteran pivot carved up the Montreal Alouettes in the Grey Cup, completing 23 of 27 passes for 302 yards and an eye-popping 85.2% completion rate, now a Grey Cup record. When the confetti settled on a 25-17 Riders win, there was zero suspense about the MVP vote. It was Harris’s moment, and he delivered in every sense.
His heroics didn’t start on Grey Cup Sunday. Just a week earlier at Mosaic Stadium, Harris engineered one of the great playoff drives in Riders history: a seven-play, 76-yard march in the Western Final that began with 1:03 on the clock and ended with Saskatchewan punching their ticket to the big game for the first time since 2013. He finished that day with 305 yards and two touchdowns.
The 39-year-old’s regular-season resume wasn’t too shabby either. Harris started 16 games, threw for 4,549 yards and 24 touchdowns, and led the league in completion percentage at 73.6%. He earned CFL Player of the Month honours twice (July and October) and picked up five weekly selections along the way.
Now, Harris enters 2026 with career numbers that place him firmly among the CFL’s elite:
• 37,697 passing yards (13th all-time)
• 3,097 completions (9th)
• 204 touchdown passes (15th)
• 70.1 percent career completion rate — second-best in league history
This is a quarterback who has been rewriting record books long before he donned the Green and White. In 2024, despite missing six games, Harris set a Riders single-season completion record (72.4%) and earned West Division All-CFL honours. His 2023 campaign, shortened by injury, still showcased his accuracy and poise as he threw for 1,274 yards in just five appearances.
Before landing in Saskatchewan, Harris starred in Montreal, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Toronto, earning All-CFL honours in both divisions and picking up a pair of Grey Cup rings along the way (2012 with Toronto; 2016 with Ottawa). Over his stops, he set playoff marks for completions and touchdown passes in a game and consistently established himself as one of the CFL’s top precision passers.
The Ohio native was equally decorated in college, rewriting records at Edinboro University and leaving as one of the most prolific passers in NCAA Division II history.
As the Riders begin their defence of the franchise’s fifth championship, Trevor Harris will once again be at the controls, much to the delight of Rider Nation.
