CFL HONOUR ROLL: OCTOBER – KELLY, PIERCE AND WINNIPEG O-LINE RECEIVE TOP MARKS
Pro Football Focus Player Grades power monthly top performer honours
TORONTO (November 1, 2023) – Chad Kelly, Mason Pierce and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ offensive line have made the grade for October in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Honour Roll powered by Pro Football Focus (PFF). The selections include all appearances from Weeks 18 to 21.
PFF utilizes extensive review of game footage to provide additional context for every action on the field. Highly-trained PFF staff breakdown every game, player and play to provide over 200 unique data points, which are used to compile Player Grades – a numerical representation up-to-100 of performance at their specific position. For more information on PFF, Player Grades, the Grading Scale and more, please visit pff.com/grades.
Each month, the highest individual Player Grades on offence and defence, as well as the highest graded offensive line, will be recognized in the CFL Honour Roll. The best individual performers by Player Grade from each of the nine position groups will be named to the monthly team. Offensive and defensive players must play a minimum of 75 snaps to be eligible and special teams players must play 25. Ties will be broken by the number of snaps played.
CFL HONOUR ROLL – OCTOBER: OFFENCE
QB | Chad Kelly | Toronto Argonauts (4-0 in October; 16-2 overall)
- PFF Player Grade (three games): 92.2
- 47-of-69 passing (68.1 per cent) for 727 yards and four touchdowns
- Six 30+ yard passes, including a 45-yard touchdown to DaVaris Daniels in Week 19
- Six rushes for 59 yards (9.8 yards per carry)
- Two Honour Roll All-Week selections in October (Weeks 18 and 20)
Honourable mentions:
- 91.8 | QB | Vernon Adams Jr. | BC Lions
- 90.6 | QB | Cameron Dukes | Toronto Argonauts
CFL HONOUR ROLL – OCTOBER: DEFENCE
DB | Mason Pierce | Toronto Argonauts (4-0 in October; 16-2 overall)
- PFF Player Grade (four games): 90.7
- 222 total defensive snaps
- 13 defensive tackles, one special teams tackle and one forced fumble
- First career sack in Week 20
- Second career interception in Week 21 returned 35 yards for his first career touchdown
- 90.1 Grade on 154 coverage snaps
- Back-to-back Honour Roll All-week selections in October (Weeks 20 and 21)
Honourable mentions:
- 86.9 | DL | Mustafa Johnson | Montreal Alouettes
- 84.6 | DL | Brandon Barlow | Toronto Argonauts
CFL HONOUR ROLL – OCTOBER: OFFENSIVE LINE
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (3-0 in October; 14-4 overall)
- PFF Player Grade: 80.7
- Top-3 performers:
- Liam Dobson | 72.0
- Asotui Eli | 70.4
- Stanley Bryant | 66.6
CFL HONOUR ROLL: ALL-OCTOBER TEAM
(Position | Name | Team | Grade)
- QB | Chad Kelly | Toronto Argonauts | 92.2
- RB | Brady Oliveira | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 82.4
- REC | Kenny Lawler | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 78.9
- OL | Brett Boyko | Edmonton Elks | 73.7
- DL | Mustafa Johnson | Montreal Alouettes | 86.9
- LB | Cameron Judge | Calgary Stampeders | 78.6
- DB | Mason Pierce | Toronto Argonauts | 90.7
- K/P | Sean Whyte | BC Lions | 92.1
- ST | Adarius Taylor | Calgary Stampeders | 90.8