The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Trevor Harris to a two-year contract.
Harris (6’3-212) joins the Roughriders with 10 years of CFL experience behind centre. Harris is coming off an exceptional 2022 season with the Montreal Alouettes. The Ohio native made 15 starts this past season, throwing for 4,157 yards and 20 touchdowns, while completing 71.6% of his passes, the third highest average in the league for quarterbacks who have played ten games or more and first in the league among those who played 15 games or more. He was also second in the league in completed passes (331), third in the league in yards and boasted an average of 9 yards per pass. Harris also played two playoff games, throwing for 243 yards and a touchdown to help Montreal win their first playoff game since 2014 in the East Semi-Final. He went 25 of 30 for 362 yards passing and one touchdown in the East Final against Toronto. Harris was named a CFL Top Performer of the Month in October and was named a Top Performer of the Week in Weeks 7 and 11. Harris initially went to the Alouettes in a trade with the Edmonton Elks in 2021 and played four games, tallying 703 yards and eight touchdowns, and played in one playoff game that season.
Harris signed with Edmonton Elks in February of 2019, appearing in 19 regular season games (2019-21) and tallying 5,595 yards passing and 22 touchdowns. He notched 66 carries for 201 yards and six touchdowns. In 2019, he led the CFL in completions, finished second in passing yards and as the crossover team in the East Semi-Final set a playoff record for consecutive completions (22) and completion percentage (92.3%). He finished the game 36-39 for 421 yards and one touchdown.
Prior to his time in Edmonton, Harris spent six seasons in the east division with the Toronto Argonauts and the Ottawa REDBLACKS (2012-18), suiting up for 120 regular games. Over his lengthy CFL career he’s played a total of 161 games, making 2,385 completions for 28,610 yards, 154 touchdowns and an average 8.5 yards per completion. He threw 33 touchdowns with the Argos in 2015 – the most touchdowns in the CFL that season and seven more than the next closest QB. He has also rushed for 979 yards and nine touchdowns. Harris is a two-time Grey Cup Champion winning one in Toronto (2012) and one in Ottawa (2016). He was an East Division All-Star in 2016.
Harris played four collegiate seasons at Edinboro University (2006-2009) and is their most decorated QB ever. He was a four-time All-PSAC West selection, earning first team honors his final three seasons, and was voted the PSAC West Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009. He threw for 11,899 yards, second all-time in the PSAC, ranking in the top ten all-time in Division II. Harris totaled 100 career passing touchdowns, second in the PSAC, and set a new PSAC career record for completions (966), alongside holding every Edinboro passing and total offense record.
