CFL TOP PERFORMERS – WEEK 15

TORONTO (September 20, 2022) – Dane Evans, Taylor Cornelius and Matthew Thomas are the Canadian Football League (CFL)’s Top Performers for Week 15 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 | DANE EVANS | HAMILTON TIGER-CATS | HAM 48 - WPG 31

• Career-high five touchdown passes
• 25-of-32 (78.1 per cent) passing for 327 yards – fourth 300+ yard game in 2022
• Perfect efficiency rating of 158.3 with nine players catching a pass
• 19 rushing yards
• Second Top Performer honour this season (Week 6)
• 2022 season: 2,800 yards on 68 per cent passing, 15 touchdown passes
• Highlights:
  • White’s 8-yard TD gives Ticats the lead
  • Evans finds Dunbar to extend Ticats lead late in the first half
  • Evans connects with Smith for first career TD
  • White scores his second major of the game
  • Evans tosses his fifth touchdown pass

QB | TAYLOR CORNELIUS | EDMONTON ELKS | EDM 26 - SSK 24

• Two touchdowns (1 pass, 1 rush); no turnovers
• 237 yards on 13 completions
• 93 rushing yards on eight carries (average of 11.6 yards)
• Three 30+ yard completions and three 10+ yard rushes
• 2022 Season: nine starts, 2,173 passings yards, 384 rushing yards and 15 total touchdowns (9 pass, 6 rush)
• Highlights:
  • Cornelius rips off a 56-yard run
  • Cornelius scores his sixth rushing major of the season
  • Cornelius finds Mitchell for 77-yard touchdown

LB | MATTHEW THOMAS | EDMONTON ELKS | EDM 26 - SSK 24

• Game-high seven tackles to establish a new personal-best
• One sack and one tackle for a loss combined for eight yards lost
• 2022 Season: 32 tackles, five special team tackles, three sacks and one interception

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)

15 | Dane Evans (HAM) | Taylor Cornelius (EDM) | Matthew Thomas (EDM)

2022 CFL TOP PERFORMERS – TEAM BREAKDOWN

• BC (11)
• Winnipeg (7)
• Calgary (6)
• Montreal (4)
• Saskatchewan (4)
• Toronto (4)
• Ottawa (3)
• Edmonton (3)
• Hamilton (3)