ACQUIRED: Acquired from Calgary in December 2024; signed new contract in January 2025.

YEARS WITH ROUGHRIDERS: 1

YEARS IN CFL: 5

2025: Signed with Roughriders, Jan. 9.

2024: Maier dressed for all 18 games with Calgary and started 15, completing 357 of 494 passes (a 72.3-per-cent success rate) for 3,841 yards. He threw 22 touchdown passes (third in the league) and 14 interceptions. He had a QB rating of 97.7 and four 300-yard games.

2023: Maier started all 18 regular-season games for the Stampeders and became the 10th player in franchise history to throw for 4,000 yards in a single season, finishing with 4,244 yards. He connected on 363 of 578 passes for a 62.8-per-cent completion rate with 15 touchdowns with 10 interceptions.

2022: Maier played all 18 regular-season games with the Stampeders, posting a 6-3 record as a starter. For the season, he completed 207 of 277 passes (74.7 per cent) for 2,389 yards, with 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions.

2021: Maier dressed for 11 games and made three starts for Calgary. He completed 95 of 148 passes (64.2 per cent) for 1,211 yards, with five touchdowns and three interceptions. He was the first player in CFL history to passing for 300-plus yards in each of his first three starts.

2020: Maier was under contract to the Stampeders but the season was cancelled because of the global pandemic.

COLLEGE: Maier played in 36 games over three seasons (2017-19) at the University of California, Davis. He completed 992 of 1,495 attempts for 11,163 yards, with 88 touchdowns with 33 interceptions. Maier was the Big Sky Conference’s newcomer of the year in 2017, and in 2018 he was the conference’s offensive player of the year and first-team quarterback. He played at Long Beach City College in 2016 and was first-team all-state after throwing for a league-leading 38 touchdowns and setting school records in TD passes and yards (3,689).

FAST FACT: Maier is a graduate of St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., where he was a standout football and baseball player. He was a two-time captain in football and was the school’s athlete of the year as a senior.

MEDIA

• Dec. 23, 2024: Trading for Jake Maier was “a big decision”
• Jan. 9, 2025: Quarterback Jake Maier signs with the Green and White
• VIDEO: Jan. 10 interview
• Jan. 10, 2025: Jake Maier excited to join “really, really strong” Riders QB room
• Jan. 11, 2025: Rob Vanstone: First take on Jake
• Jan. 18, 2025: Jake Maier provides invaluable insurance
• VIDEO: May 22, 2025 interview
• May 24, 2025: Harris, Maier ready to roll
• VIDEO: May 29, 2025 interview
• May 30, 2025: Jake Maier “super grateful” to be a player in Saskatchewan
• VIDEO: May 30, 2025 post-game