Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris continues to knock down career milestones in his 14th Canadian Football League (CFL) season; the latest: passing Canadian Football Hall of Famer (CFHOF) Doug Flutie for 10th all-time on the career passing leaders list. Going into Sunday’s Labour Day Classic against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Harris had 41,228 career passing yards – needing just 127 to pass Flutie’s 41,355. Harris passed the all-time great with a 72-yard catch and run to Saskatchewan product Daniel Wiebe, getting the Riders into the redzone for the first time Sunday night. The Riders scored two plays later on Harris’ first TD pass of the night to Quali Conley. The all-time top 10 list includes Hall of Famers Anthony Calvillo, Damon Allen, Henry Burris and others. Harris is second in career passing yards among active quarterbacks behind only Bo Levi Mitchell (45,426), who is eighth on that list. Over his 14-year career, Harris has played with the Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa RedBlacks, Edmonton Elks, Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan. Sunday’s game was his 209th career game played – completing 3376 passes (68.2 per cent completion) and 228 touchdowns along the way. Flutie entered the CFHOF in 2008. He played eight seasons in the CFL with B.C., Calgary and Toronto between 1990 and 1997 before heading to the NFL for 12 years. In 1991, threw for a record 6619 yards on 499 completions. In 1992 he signed with the Calgary Stampeders, who he led to victory in the 1992 Grey Cup. Flutie’s 48 touchdown passes in 1994 remains a CFL record. Of the nine other quarterbacks on the CFL’s top 10 all-time passing leaders list, seven of them are in the CFHOF.
