CFL TOP PERFORMERS – WEEK 14
Collaros, Gittens and Jefferson named Top Performers
TORONTO (September 13, 2022) – Zach Collaros, Kurleigh Gittens Jr. and Willie Jefferson are the Canadian Football League (CFL)’s Top Performers for Week 14 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 | ZACH COLLAROS | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS | WPG 54 – SSK 20
- 272 yards and four touchdown passes, tying a season-high
- 21-of-25 passing (84 per cent) and a perfect efficiency rating of 158.3
- Seven receivers recorded a catch
- Third Top Performer of the Week Honour (Weeks 5 and 8)
- 2022 season: 3,236 yards on 70.5 per cent passing; leads the league with 26 touchdown passes
- Highlights:
WR | KURLEIGH GITTENS JR. | TORONTO ARGONAUTS | TOR 24 - OTT 19
- Eight receptions for a career-high 161 yards (20.1 yards per catch ) and a touchdown
- Second game this season with 100+ yards
- 55 yards after the catch, four second down conversion catches and two 30+ yards receptions
- Second Top Performer of the Week Honour (Week 7)
- Leads the team with 759 receiving yards and 57 receptions
- Highlight:
DL | WILLIE JEFFERSON | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS | WPG 54 – SSK 20
- Three tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble
- First multi sack game of the season resulted in 19 total yards lost
- Forced fumble was recovered by Winnipeg and led to a touchdown
- 2022 season: 13 games, 25 tackles, one interception, seven sacks and nine pass knockdowns
- Highlight:
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)
11 | Obum Gwacham (BC) | Trevor Harris (MTL) | Tim White (HAM)
12 | Jamal Peters (TOR) | Kian Schaffer-Baker (SSK) | Malik Henry (CGY)
13 | Jaelon Acklin (OTT) | Lorenzo Mauldin IV (OTT) | Jameer Thurman (CGY)
14 | Zach Collaros (WPG) | Kurleigh Gittens Jr. (TOR) | Willie Jefferson (WPG)
2022 CFL TOP PERFORMERS – TEAM BREAKDOWN
- BC (11)
- Winnipeg (7)
- Calgary (6)
- Montreal (4)
- Saskatchewan (4)
- Toronto (4)
- Ottawa (3)
- Hamilton (2)
- Edmonton (1)