{"id":742774,"date":"2026-06-17T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742774\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:02:54","slug":"harris-philpot-alexander-named-cfl-top-performers-for-week-2-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742774\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris, Philpot, Alexander named CFL top performers for Week 2 | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781701374_708_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris (7) lines up to make an pass during first half CFL football action against the BC Lions, in Regina on Saturday, June 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Kayle Neis<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 16, 2026 | 11:19 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Saskatchewan quarterback Trevor Harris, Montreal receiver Tyson Philpot and Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander are the top players for Week 2 of the CFL season.<\/p>\n<p>Harris completed 30 of 36 passes for 417 yards and three touchdowns in the Roughriders\u2019 31-27 win over B.C. on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the sixth time the 40-year-old Harris has thrown three or more touchdowns in a season opener.<\/p>\n<p>Philpot caught nine passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns, including a 45-yard score on Montreal\u2019s opening drive, in a 37-30 victory against Toronto on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris (7) lines up to make an pass during first half CFL football action&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[879,49,48,521,522,2467,520,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-742774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-cfl","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}