All three of those players are having excellent seasons and it was difficult to leave them off, but I believe you will agree the seven on this list deserve to be here.<\/p>\n
RELATED MATHIEU BETTS | DEFENSIVE END | BC LIONS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Look who\u2019s back to his 2023 form, when he took home the Most Outstanding Defensive Player award.<\/p>\n Mathieu Betts<\/a> leads the league in sacks with 14 and is tied with Tyrice Beverette for the most forced fumbles. Betts has been on an absolute heater recently, amassing 10 sacks in his last four games, all BC Lions victories. There\u2019s an excellent chance that by the end of the year, Betts will again be named the league\u2019s best defensive player.<\/p>\n NATHAN ROURKE | QUARTERBACK | BC LIONS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The best quarterback in the Canadian Football League is Canadian. That\u2019s a fun sentence to write. Nathan Rourke<\/a> is second in passing yardage and leads the league in everyone\u2019s favourite statistic, average yards per attempt.<\/p>\n The Lions\u2019 leader is also getting it done with his legs. No quarterback has rushed for more yards, and Rourke is doing it with an impressive 8.4 yards per carry.<\/p>\n Despite being fourth in pass attempts, Rourke is also the king of the big play, with 33 completions of 30 or more yards. There isn\u2019t a throw Nathan can\u2019t make, and there isn\u2019t a player harder to scheme against than the Canadian quarterback.<\/p>\n ISAAC ADEYEMI-BERGLUND | DEFENSIVE END | MONTREAL ALOUETTES<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On the other side of the country, Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund<\/a> is also wreaking havoc on opposing offences from the defensive end position.<\/p>\n Adeyemi-Berglund has already set a career high in sacks with 11, putting him second behind Betts. The defensive lineman kicked off the season in style with a sack and his first career touchdown in the Alouettes\u2019 28-10 win over the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n Speaking of Toronto, Adeyemi-Berglund has certainly played a part in their losing season, registering a sack in all three games against the defending Grey Cup champs. As an added bonus, check out this recent video<\/a> highlighting both Canadian defensive linemen.<\/p>\n JUSTIN MCINNIS | RECEIVER | BC LIONS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The 2024 leader in receiving yards is having another stellar season, currently sitting fourth in that all-important category. If you could boil down the primary goal of any receiver, it\u2019s to make life easier for his quarterback, and Justin McInnis<\/a> has done just that. Two recent examples stand out.<\/p>\n In a Week 14 loss to the Ottawa REDBLACKS, the Lions\u2019 biggest play was a 51-yard touchdown to a wide-open McInnis in the third quarter. It\u2019s odd to say Rourke \u201cstruggled\u201d in a game where his team put up 31 points, but on a relatively off night, his best moment came thanks to McInnis blowing past every defender.<\/p>\n You can also see how in sync these two are in their recent 38-24 win over Calgary. As mentioned in my latest quarterback rankings<\/a>, it\u2019s difficult to make a 40-yard touchdown look easy, especially when the defensive coverage is solid, but that\u2019s exactly what Rourke and McInnis did.<\/p>\n BRADY OLIVEIRA | RUNNING BACK | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Based on rushing yards alone, some fans out West might raise their eyebrows at this pick, given how many other running backs are dominating. My counterpoint: Brady Oliveira<\/a> is tied with Dedrick Mills<\/a> for the most rushing yards per game, and his 5.6 yards per carry average is higher than the three backs ahead of him.<\/p>\n Brady is the key cog in the league\u2019s best rushing attack and has been in peak form over the past month, racking up 431 rushing yards and 118 receiving yards in Winnipeg\u2019s last four games.<\/p>\n TEVAUGHN CAMPBELL | DEFENSIVE BACK | SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n This is another easy choice.\u00a0Tevaughn Campbell<\/a> is tied for the CFL lead with six interceptions and leads all defenders with over 200 return yards.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s focus on those return yards. Back in Week 4, Tevaughn demoralized the BC Lions with an 89-yard interception return touchdown near the end of the first half, a 10-to-14-point swing, as the Lions were already in field goal range.<\/p>\n In Week 13, Campbell scored a\u00a0pick-two by snuffing out a Zach Collaros<\/a> two-point conversion attempt and going 112 yards the other way. A successful completion would have tied the game at 32; instead, Tevaughn helped deliver an OK Tire Labour Day Weekend victory.<\/p>\n LIRIM HAJRULLAHU | KICKER | TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n
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