CFL TOP PERFORMERS – WEEK 15
Evans, Cornelius and Thomas named Top Performers
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:
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:
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)