CFL HONOUR ROLL: WEEK 9 – COLLAROS, METCHIE AND BOMBERS’ O-LINE MAKE THE GRADE
Pro Football Focus Player Grades power weekly top performer honours
TORONTO (August 8, 2023) – Zach Collaros, Royce Metchie, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ offensive line have made the grade for Week 9 in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Honour Roll powered by Pro Football Focus (PFF).
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 week, 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 also receive honourable mentions as part of the All-Week team. Offensive and defensive players must play a minimum of 25 snaps to be eligible and special teams players must play 10. Ties will be broken by the number of snaps played.
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 9: OFFENCE
QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | WPG 50 – BC 14
- PFF Player Grade: 92.9
- 19-of-27 passing (70.4 per cent)
- Matched season-highs in passing yards (369) and passing touchdowns (three)
- Third 300+ yard passing game in a row; fourth of 2023
- Five 30+ yard passes, including a 71-yard effort to Dalton Schoen for a touchdown in the first to open the scoring
- 134.4 efficiency rating
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 9: DEFENCE
DB | Royce Metchie | Toronto Argonauts | CGY 20 – TOR 7
- PFF Player Grade: 86.6
- 64 total defensive snaps
- Season-high nine defensive tackles
- 88.0 Grade on 24 coverage snaps
- 80.4 Grade on 36 run defence snaps
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 9: OFFENSIVE LINE
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | WPG 50 – BC 14
- PFF unit grade: 84.2
- Top-3 performers:
- Jermarcus Hardrick | 67.4
- Stanley Bryant | 66.5
- Geoff Gray | 66.3
CFL HONOUR ROLL: ALL-WEEK 9
(Position | Name | Team | Grade)
- QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 92.9
- RB | AJ Ouellette | Toronto Argonauts | 77.5
- REC | Kenny Lawler | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 90.4
- OL | Nick Callender | Montreal Alouettes | 76.9
- DL | Willie Jefferson | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 85.6
- LB | Jovan Santos-Knox | Ottawa REDBLACKS | 85.2
- DB | Royce Metchie | Toronto Argonauts | 86.6
- K/P | Cody Grace | Calgary Stampeders | 78.8
- ST | Gary Johnson Jr. | Ottawa REDBLACKS | 91.6
TOP OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2023
(Grade | Week | Position | Name | Team)
- 93.4 | Week 6 | QB | Chad Kelly | Toronto Argonauts
- 92.9 | Week 9 | QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 92.5 | Week 3 | DB | Royce Metchie | Toronto Argonauts
- 91.8 | Week 8 | DB | Kabion Ento | Montreal Alouettes
- 90.8 | Week 2 | QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 90.6 | Week 2 | DL | Julian Howsare | Calgary Stampeders
- 90.4 | Week 9 | REC | Kenny Lawler | Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 90.3 | Week 3 | QB | Cody Fajardo | Montreal Alouettes
- 90.3 | Week 3 | DB | Loucheiz Purifoy | Edmonton Elks
- 90.1 | Week 8 | QB | Dane Evans | BC Lions