Trevor Harris turned the page on the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 2025 Grey Cup win a mere 48 hours after he was among the first to receive the trophy.
Now he has turned another page — on the calendar.
With the arrival of April, Coors Light Riders Training Camp is now a next-month proposition for the reigning CFL champions.
“It is April Fools’ Day,” Harris, 39, said on Wednesday during an online media conference. “I guess I could have gone on here and said, ‘Guys, I’m announcing my retirement today,’ but I missed on that.
“We’ve got an excited group. We’ve got an excited team. We’re counting down the days (until camp). It’s almost like when you were a kid and you had the rings. You were tearing off a ring every day to get ready for vacation or Christmas.
“It gets to that point where you’re like, ‘OK, the off-season has been long enough. Let’s go play some ball.’ You start itching. You start getting some great feelings heading into the season.
“I couldn’t be more excited to know that we’re less than a month away from getting into Regina and being there a few days early to get acclimated and get comfortable before we start training camp, which is just an exciting time of the year.”
Harris is also hoping to add a ring — the third championship ring of his career. He was previously a Grey Cup champion as a member of the Toronto Argonauts (in 2012) and Ottawa REDBLACKS (2016).
Most recently, Harris earned Grey Cup MVP honours after completing 23 of 27 passes for 302 yards in a 25-17 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Nov. 16 in Winnipeg. He established a Grey Cup single-game record for completion percentage (85.2).
That was on a Sunday. By the following Tuesday, he was back in the Roughriders’ gym at Mosaic Stadium, working out.
Although he has allowed himself time to savour the Roughriders’ fifth championship season, the priority has been to play a primary role in contributing to a sixth.
Accordingly, he immersed himself in meetings during a recent visit to Saskatchewan before heading to Toronto and a series of league-related media and promotional appearances on Wednesday.
“I’ve learned quite a bit that there is still some meat on the bone for me to ascend mentally,” Harris said as his 14th CFL season approaches.
“I’ve said this a few times, but I feel like as soon as we stop ascending mentally, we officially become a declining asset, so I’m definitely not done ascending mentally.
“I feel like we’re able to take it to another level this year and that we can ascend higher.”
Harris will soon fly back to Saskatchewan from his off-season home in Ohio and get a headstart on formal workouts that are to be held at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon for most of May.
Rookie camp is scheduled for May 6, 7 and 8. Harris and the other quarterbacks — Jack Coan, Tommy Stevens, Brayden Schager and Jordan McCloud — are to participate in those sessions to facilitate offensive drills and limber up their throwing arms.
Main camp commences on May 10. For a change, the team will be based in Saskatoon for the entirety of camp, which will conclude with a May 23 CFL matchup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The first Saskatoon-based pre-season game since 1991 is to be played at Griffiths Stadium, on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Tuesday at 10 a.m., via Ticketmaster.