CFL TOP PERFORMERS – WEEK 10

TORONTO (August 16, 2022) – Nathan Rourke, Bryan Burnham and Wesley Sutton are the Canadian Football League (CFL)’s Top Performers for Week 10 of the 2022 season.

The three players were chosen by a panel of judges made up of Matt Dunigan and Marshall Ferguson of TSN, and Pierre Vercheval of RDS, who independently send their selections to the CFL league office.

QB | NATHAN ROURKE | BC LIONS | BC 41 – CGY 40

• Career-high – and new Canadian single-game passing record – 488 yards
• Career-best 39 passes (7^th highest all-time) on 75 per cent passing
• Fifth game of 300+ passing yards and third for 400+
• Four touchdowns (2 Pass, 2 Rush)
• Four 30+ yard passes
• Leads the league in passing yards (2,906), passing touchdowns (23) and completion percentage (80.1 per cent)
• Fifth Top Performer of the Week Honour (Weeks, 1, 3, 8 and 9) in eight games
• Highlights:
  • Rhymes scores on a 30-yard TD from Rourke
  • Rourke plunges for his sixth rushing touchdown of the season
  • Rourke scores his second rushing major of the game

WR | BRYAN BURNHAM | BC LIONS | BC 41 – CGY 40

• Season-highs of eight receptions and 165 receiving yards (20.6-yard average), and a touchdown
• First 100+ yard game of the season; 19^th of his career
• Two 30+ yard receptions and two second down conversions
• 2022 season: Four games, 20 receptions for 313 yards, and three touchdowns
• Highlight:
  • Burnham goes 53 yards for TD

DB | WESLEY SUTTON | MONTREAL ALOUETTES | MTL 20 – WPG 17 (OT)

• Five tackles, first two sacks of his career, a forced fumble and a pass knockdown
• Two sacks led to 15 yards lost
• Late strip-sack led to the game-tying drive that forced overtime
• 2022 season: 43 defensive tackles, two sacks, an interception and a forced fumble.

2022 CFL TOP PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK

1 | Nathan Rourke (BC) | James Butler (BC) | T.J. Lee (BC)

2 | Titus Wall (CGY) | Rene Paredes (CGY) | Jamal Morrow (SSK)

3 | Nathan Rourke (BC) | Malik Henry (CGY) | Willie Jefferson (WPG)

4 | Keon Hatcher (BC) | Anthony Lanier II (SSK) | Pete Robertson (SSK)

5 | Zach Collaros (WPG) | Peyton Logan (CGY) | Dalton Schoen (WPG)

6 | Greg Ellingson (WPG) | Kenny Lawler (EDM) | Dane Evans (HAM)

7 | Trevor Harris (MTL) | Andrew Harris (TOR) | Kurleigh Gittens Jr. (TOR)

8 | Nathan Rourke (BC) | Zach Collaros (WPG) | Caleb Evans (OTT)

9 | Nathan Rourke (BC) | Dominque Rhymes (BC) | Titus Wall (CGY)

10 | Nathan Rourke (BC) | Bryan Burnham (BC) | Wesley Sutton (MTL)

2022 CFL TOP PERFORMERS – TEAM BREAKDOWN

BC (10)

Winnipeg (5)

Calgary (5)

Saskatchewan (3)

Montreal (2)

Toronto (2)

Edmonton (1)

Hamilton (1)

Ottawa (1)