Saskatchewan Roughriders re-sign Grey Cup MVP Trevor Harris for 2026 CFL season

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Trevor Harris will play his age 40 season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

General manager Jeremy O’Day has signed the veteran quarterback to a one-year contract extension for the 2026 season. The 51-year-old GM did not sense Harris was going to retire. No. 7 expected to make a quick decision about his playing future, and that turned out to be the case.

Harris completed 23-of-27 passes (85.2 percent) for 302 yards to lead the Green and White to victory in the 112th Grey Cup. He earned CFL championship game MVP honours for his efforts in a 25-17 win over the Montreal Alouettes at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg and claimed his first three-down title as a starter.

There’s an argument to be made that the 39-year-old Harris played the best football in his 13-year CFL career during the 2025 regular season. He completed 73.5 percent of his passes, the top completion rate in the league, for 4,549 yards with 24 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 16 starts.

The Waldo, Ohio, native missed one regular-season start due to a head injury and was rested in another after the team had already secured first place in the West Division, producing an 11-5 win-loss record.

The six-foot-three, 210-pound QB earned around $450,000 in 2025, fifth-highest paid at his position in the league, and his contract was set to expire in February. He earned West Division all-star recognition for his efforts in 2024.

Harris ranks 13th all-time in CFL history with 37,697 passing yards. He’s completed 71 percent of his passes, second-highest all-time, with 204 touchdowns (15th all-time) versus 95 interceptions and added 257 carries for 1,197 yards plus 11 majors. Throughout his CFL career, he’s compiled a 69-57-2 win-loss-tie record during the regular season.

The Roughriders have secured QB1 in an attempt to run it back in 2026. He was the most important among 44 pending free agents for Saskatchewan to lock in. Nearly one year to the day when Harris signed his contract extension for the 2024 season, he put his signature on the dotted line for another one with the Riders.