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\"\"<\/a>Kayle Neis\/Regina Leader-Post Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris (7) raises the Grey Cup at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building during the Official Championship Parade on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 in Regina. <\/p>\n

Taylor Shire<\/p>\n

Regina Leader-Post<\/p>\n

Trevor Harris doesn\u2019t know if this will be his last CFL season.<\/p>\n

It might be. It also might not be.<\/p>\n

After leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a Grey Cup championship in 2025, the veteran quarterback spent just a few days pondering his future before signing a one-year contract extension in early December.<\/p>\n

Now, the 39-year-old Ohio native who will be 40 in May, is entering his 15th year in the league, and fourth with the Roughriders, with motivation to do it all over again.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve always said that the number where it says my age is not going to be what retires me,\u201d Harris told the Leader-Post in a sit-down interview this week at Mosaic Stadium.<\/p>\n

So, no farewell tour in 2026?<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly don\u2019t know,\u201d said Harris, the 2025 Grey Cup MVP. \u201cBut no, that\u2019s not my thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to, at the beginning of the year, say this is my last year \u2026 I just like to play ball and I like to treat every game like it\u2019s our last because ultimately, it could be.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019ll probably know at some point during the season. But I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ll kind of say (publicly), I never would want to do that anyway because then I think it puts the attention on myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

After winning his first Grey Cup as a starter last year, Harris, who won two as a backup with Toronto (2012) and Ottawa (2016), said that while his teammates, family and faith motivate him the most, he also has a desire to chase that winning feeling once again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis off-season has been kind of strange, because I thought that maybe it\u2019d be like, I take today (off), but I\u2019m actually more hungry now, which has been really cool,\u201d said Harris. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like a shark tasting blood and you hunger for it more now.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, there was a time not too long ago when Harris thought he was done.<\/p>\n

After suffering a tibial plateau fracture in his knee during the 2023 season, Harris returned in 2024 only to suffer an injury in his other knee, forcing him to miss seven weeks of the season.<\/p>\n

When he returned, his knee wasn\u2019t feeling as good as he would have liked, which forced him to doubt his future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sitting there my house, I\u2019m like, \u2018What\u2019s going on here? Is this proverbial age thing catching up to me?,\u2019 \u201d said Harris, who was dealing with a partial ACL tear and an MCL tear. \u201cThere was a few times the night before games, I\u2019d be like I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to be able to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t plant my leg in the ground. And I told my wife, I was like, \u2018Hey, I think we can probably tell my parents (and) your parents, if they want to come up and watch, this is going to be the last one; this is going to be the last year.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought that was it. And I even thought about, \u2018Do I go in and tell the coaches at some point?\u2019 And I thought about it. But I was like, \u2018I\u2019m just going to wait and see how it feels.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Kayle Neis\/Regina Leader-Post
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris (7) walk off the field during the first half of CFL action at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday, June 23, 2024 in Regina. <\/p>\n

While we know how the story ends, with a healthy and successful season in 2025, Harris did admit some of those conversations were had.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told my mom, and I told my wife, and she was like, \u2018Let\u2019s just wait,\u2019\u201d said the husband of Kalie and son of Tom and Suzanne. \u201cAnybody that\u2019s kind of aging will probably tell you during the season, at some point, you\u2019re like, \u2018This is it. I\u2019m done after this year.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cYou probably say that every year, but I felt a little bit more serious about it then. It was probably a couple week stretch where I felt that way, and then it kind of just subsided. And I was like, \u2018You know what? My wife\u2019s right. Let\u2019s just not make any rash decisions. Let me just make sure this is the right thing.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s wise beyond her years, and she knows me probably just as good, if not better than me, and so toward the back end of the year, I was like I think I want to keep doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the knee continued to improve, Harris did have a stronger end to his season before entering the off-season as a pending free agent.\u00a0During his year-end media availability,\u00a0he said he didn\u2019t know for sure that he was going to be back with the Green and White.<\/p>\n

After time to reflect and some platelet-rich plasma injections which further improved his knee, Harris knew he wanted to come back.<\/p>\n

\u201cToward the back end of the year, I started playing better and I was like I think I can rehab this thing,\u201d said Harris. \u201cAnd so I took a week after the season, and I was like, \u2018Let me just see how this feels in a week and make sure that I could come back and be what I need to be for this franchise.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause, as I\u2019ve said before, if I can\u2019t be a tier one quarterback in this league, I\u2019m not going to do it, because I love this franchise, and I want it to be in a good place, and I don\u2019t want to be the guy that comes in and has this farewell tour, and I\u2019m shadow of what I was before.\u201d<\/p>\n

He opted to sign a one-year extension for the 2025 season, missing only one game due to a concussion, before hoisting the trophy at the end of the year,\u00a0which led to another one-year extension this off-season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly feel like I\u2019m back to that place where I don\u2019t know that there\u2019s an end in sight,\u201d said Harris, who threw for 4,549 yards in 2025, the second highest total of his career. \u201cI\u2019m just kind of just enjoying the moment, but I did think for a decent part of time during the \u201824 season that was going to be it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I feel like I\u2019ve found some things, whether supplement-wise, routine-wise, the way I\u2019m training, that is kind of re-energized (me) and I just I feel better now than I did probably when I first signed here in \u201823, so I feel very encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Roughriders general manager Jeremy O\u2019Day, while re-signing Harris after the season he had was a no-brainer, what does next season and beyond look like from his perspective?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably similar to the last couple years where we\u2019re just kind of taking it year-by-year,\u201d said O\u2019Day. \u201cWe haven\u2019t had a conversation and said, \u2018Trevor, is this your last year?\u2019 Or we haven\u2019t had a conversation saying that this is probably Trevor\u2019s last year or anything like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just strictly based off of how the season goes and how he feels and how we feel, and certainly not something that we would discuss before the season or anything like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou always have to be prepared for things that can happen,\u201d continued O\u2019Day. \u201cIf you look back at our history with even back in the days when Darian (Durant) was our quarterback, when your starting quarterback gets injured, you want to be in position that you have a guy that can step in and play and win games for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you don\u2019t really know when it\u2019s going to be the player\u2019s last game too, right? Trevor\u2019s not 30 years old, where you feel comfortable knowing that he\u2019s going to be your quarterback for a long time. It\u2019s more so just having comfort for that season knowing that we\u2019ve got a really good quarterback that understands what our team\u2019s about and prepares just like crazy to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

As one of the CFL\u2019s most accurate passers of all-time, Harris showed no signs of slowing down last season and nearing 40, he\u2019s altered his training regimen in recent years that has allowed him to feel \u201cgreat\u201d entering his 15th year in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evolution of the way that I\u2019ve trained and treated my body has been really, really neat,\u201d said Harris. \u201cBecause when you\u2019re younger, you just recover so quickly. You feel great when you wake up. And as you age, it\u2019s a little bit different.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way that I physically have prepared has evolved as well in terms of slamming weights, sprinting, running, burying yourself into the ground, versus now preserving your joints, working smarter and harder, because there is a way to work harder and smarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you\u2019re 25- or 26-years-old, you\u2019re not going to change a bunch physically. I am who I am on the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I can become sharper and more precise, but as soon as I stop getting better mentally, I\u2019ll become a declining asset. And I just refuse to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the end, until that love of the grind goes away, Harris will continue to put in the work mentally and physically to give his team the best chance to win and in this case, repeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it just comes down to, I love it,\u201d said Harris, who has played for four other teams over his career. \u201cI think there will be a day when I don\u2019t wake up and love the training, the plyometrics and agility. I\u2019m going to be 40 this year. There will probably be a time where I don\u2019t want to wake up and do the footwork drills and the box jumps and sprinting and those sorts of things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure that\u2019ll probably get old, but I still love leading a team. I still love dissecting defences and being on time. When I\u2019m stressed out, I know a lot of people go for a walk, I go and throw a football. It makes me feel good. It\u2019s gratifying to kind of feel the ball come off your hand and throw a spiral.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know that will ever leave, but I do think at some point I\u2019ll feel the deterioration physically, and I\u2019ll know it\u2019s time. But I think that I just still love it. And shoot, if you still love it, and you\u2019re still willing and able to put in the work, you figure, why not do it?\u201d<\/p>\n

tshire@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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