Trevor Harris hopes to be a part of successful drives on and off the field.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ marquee quarterback is a player ambassador for the Purolator Tackle Hunger food drive, which is to visit Mosaic Stadium on Friday in conjunction with the Green and White’s CFL game against the Edmonton Elks.

Tackle Hunger, a league-wide program, benefits food banks across the country. All donations of money or non-perishable food items on Friday will benefit the Regina Food Bank.

“It’s great that we have the ability to have this type of a game where we can tackle hunger, literally,” Harris said. “It’s such a great name for it.

“Hopefully we can get a lot of donations and prove that our fan base is the best in the league in terms of giving and as well as showing up and being the people that we need to be in this community.”

Volunteers will be on-site outside the stadium to accept food donations. Monetary contributions can be made in person on Friday or by visiting pthdonations2025.com.

As part of the Tackle Hunger event, fans can have their picture taken with the Grey Cup during Party in the Park. Friday’s photo session is to begin at 4 p.m. and last until 6:30.

This is the 22nd year a Tackle Hunger event has been held in conjunction with the CFL and/or a member team.

Over that time, more than 25 million pounds of food have been donated to Canadian food banks.

As much as teams try to win on the field, they also try to top their rivals when it comes to overall Tackle Hunger donations.

Last year’s Tackle Hunger game in Saskatchewan led to the receipt of 29,000 pounds of food by the Regina Food Bank. The game-day food drive in Saskatchewan has generated 94,908 pounds of donations over the past three years.

“I love this program throughout the CFL,” Head Coach Corey Mace said. “I like the competition aspect of it, too … go figure.

“If you look in my cupboard or you look in a lot of our cupboards, we’ve got a lot of stuff that we’re not using. This could be useful for somebody who truly needs it.

“For me, it’s always the right thing to do if you can. If you can’t, it’s understood. Maybe one day it’s going to be you who needs somebody else’s help.

“I think it’s just part of being a good person. I would encourage everybody to bring what you can if you can.”

For more information on Tackle Hunger, click HERE.

THURMAN UPDATE

Middle linebacker Jameer Thurman, a limited participant in Tuesday’s practice due to a toe injury, played a much larger role in a Wednesday workout.

“He’s got a big ol’ toe,” Mace said. “He stubbed it the wrong way. We just kind of took it easy yesterday. He’s back out there. He’s fine.”

With 39 defensive tackles, Thurman is second in the league to the B.C. Lions’ Micah Awe (51).

Awe and Thurman are also the CFL’s active career leaders in defensive tackles. Awe has 505. Thurman is 18 shy of reaching the 500 milestone.

EXTRA POINTS

• Harris leads the CFL in passing yards per start (325.2). He has helped Saskatchewan pace the CFL in average time of possession (31:40).

• Harris has thrown at least one touchdown pass in each of his past nine games (seven regular-season games and two playoff contests). He had an eight-game regular-season TD-pass streak in 2024. The Club record of 14 was set by Kent Austin in 1993.

• The Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders are tied for the league lead in completions of 30-plus yards (14). Dohnte Meyers leads the Roughriders with four such completions, each of which has been a TD pass from Harris.