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Trevor Harris said he once again took a team-friendly contract with the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the 2026 season, and the numbers would prove that statement to be true.
The six-foot-three, 212-pound quarterback received a $190,000 signing bonus to ink his one-year agreement. He will earn $220,000 in base salary, $25,000 in marketing money, $15,300 in housing, along with a $5,000 travel allowance for $455,300 in hard money. His total earnings could come out to $509,300 with $54,000 available in playtime money — $3,000 per game for playing 51 percent of the offensive snaps.
Harris ranks behind Nathan Rourke, Chad Kelly, Zach Collaros and Vernon Adams Jr. among starting quarterbacks for financial compensation in 2026. Dru Brown has more hard money in his current contract for 2026 than the 112th Grey Cup MVP, but there’s higher earning potential in the 39-year-old’s pact. Davis Alexander currently has $346,000 in hard money plus $60,000 possible in playtime, all-star and award bonuses. It’s worth noting that Bo Levi Mitchell and Cody Fajardo are pending CFL free agents and do not yet have contracts.
The 13-year CFL veteran earned $444,700 after playtime incentives last season, plus another $23,000 in standard playoff bonuses for capturing the three-down league title. That placed him fifth among CFL quarterbacks in earnings for 2025, trailing Rourke, Kelly, Collaros, and Adams Jr. Harris ranks fifth at the moment for 2026, although he could bump further down the list depending on how much Mitchell and Fajardo negotiate.
Harris has literally put his money where his mouth is when he talks about Saskatchewan running it back in 2026. His agent could have pushed for $600,000-plus to keep playing football into his age 40 season. However, he knows the salary cap in detail and wants the Roughriders to retain key players around him. Finalizing his paperwork by the first Friday in December for the second straight year allows Jeremy O’Day and his football operations staff to turn their attention to other priorities on a lengthy pending free agent list.
The Waldo, Oh., native outplayed his contract earnings in 2025. He completed 73.5 percent of his passes, which led the CFL, for 4,549 yards with 24 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 16 starts in 2025. No. 7 missed one regular-season start due to a head injury and was rested in another after the Riders had already secured first place in the West Division, producing an 11-5 win-loss record plus a 2-0 postseason mark.
Saskatchewan’s trigger man completed 26-of-38 passes for 305 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, including the game-winning major with 12 seconds left on the clock in the West Final. He followed it up by setting a Grey Cup completion percentage record (85.2) with 302 yards in the CFL championship to earn game MVP honours. That earned him his first ring as a starter in the three-down league to go along with two as a backup.
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 three-down career, he’s compiled a 69-57-2 win-loss-tie record during the regular season.
That’s a Canadian Football Hall of Fame resume. Harris can move up the ranks and add to his legacy in 2026.