SHAW CFL TOP PERFORMERS OF WEEK 20

TORONTO  – Henry Burris, Greg Ellingson and John Bowman  were named the Shaw CFL Top Performers of the Week for Week 20 of the CFL’s 2015 season.

The three players were chosen by a panel of judges who independently send their selections to the CFL head office. The panel includes former Canadian Football League players Matt Dunigan and Duane Forde of TSN and Pierre Vercheval of RDS.

QB | Henry Burris | Ottawa REDBLACKS 

With the East Division title hanging in the balance In the final week of the CFL regular season, REDBLACKS pivot Henry Burris saved his best for last.

In Ottawa’s 44-28 victory over the visiting Tiger-Cats, Burris connected for a career-high six touchdown passes while passing for 358 yards and completing 75.7 percent of his passes (28 for 37).

During the first half, Burris tossed a pair of touchdowns to Greg Ellingson from 31 and three yards out.  However, despite this strong start, the REDBLACKS trailed entering the third quarter.

Burris carried over the momentum from the first half into the second, finding Patrick Lavoie and Greg Ellingson for his third touchdown reception of the game. He followed that up with two more touchdown passes in the final frame to Brad Sinopoli and Chris Williams.

This season, Burris set a new benchmark in his 15-year CFL career. He set personal records with 5,693 passing yards to lead all quarterbacks this season and had the highest completions percentage in a season with 70.9 per cent.

In total, Burris recorded ten games with 300+ passing yards and seven with 350+ passing yards.  

This marks the sixth time this season Burris was named a Shaw CFL Top Performer of the Week. He was also named Top Performer of the month twice.

WR | Greg Ellingson | Ottawa REDBLACKS

Ottawa REDBLACKS receiver Greg Ellingson had a career game in Ottawa’s division-clinching victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Ottawa on Saturday.

The Tampa Bay, Florida native notched a season-high eight receptions and converted those into a career-high 152 yards. To add to his great day he caught three touchdowns – also a career-high.

Ellingson caught two touchdowns in the first half of the game from 31 and three yards out and then his final touchdown halfway through the third quarter from 14 yards out.

During his best season in the CFL, Ellignson was a part of an Ottawa team that featured four 1,000+ yard receivers. He finished his campaign with 69 receptions, 1,071 yards and nine touchdowns.

This is Ellingson’s first Shaw CFL Top Performer nod of the season.

DE | John Bowman | Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes defensive end John Bowman earned a hat-trick of sacks in the final game of the season to win the league sack title in Montreal’s loss to Saskatchewan in overtime, 30-24.

Entering the game with 16 sacks, Bowman only needed one sack to tie the sack leader.

Bowman earned his first sack in the first quarter on Keith Price which also happened to be his 100^th career sack in the CFL. In the second quarter, Bowman once again got into the backfield and wrapped up Keith Price, this time for a three-yard loss.

Bowman added his third sack in the fourth quarter, this time with Brett Smith under centre for the Roughriders.

In his 10-year CFL career, Bowman set new personal bests with 19 sacks on the season and 46 tackles .

This is Bowman’s first Shaw CFL Top Performer nod of the season.

2015 Shaw CFL Player of the Week Points Leaderboard

Rank	Player	2015 Points Total	Points Breakdown
			1st place points	2nd place points	3rd place points	Fan vote points	Monthly points
1	Henry Burris	940	400	100	-	40	400
2	Trevor Harris	425	200	-	25	-	200
3	Zach Collaros	420	100	100	-	20	200
4	Adarius Bowman	285	200	-	25	10	50
T-5	Mike Reilly	250	100	-	50	-	100
T-5	Derel Walker	250	100	-	50	-	100
T-7	Rakeem Cato	150	150	-	-	-	50
T-7	Chris Rainey	150	-	50	-	-	100
9	Drew Willy	145	100	-	25	20	-
10	Marcus Howard	125	-	-	25	-	100
T-11	Shakir Bell	110	100	-	-	10	-
T-11	Emanuel Davis	110	100	-	-	10	-
T-11	James Franklin	110	100	-	-	10	-
T-11	Macho Harris	110	100	-	-	10	-
T-11	Bo Levi Mitchell	110	100	-	-	10	-
T-16	Mike Daly	100	100	-	-	-	-
T-16	Travis Lulay	100	100	-	-	-	-
T-18	Marquay McDaniel	75	-	50	25	-	-
T-18	Eric Norwood	75	-	-	25	-	50
T-20	Jeremiah Johnson	60	-	50	-	10	-
T-20	Shawn Lemon	60	-	50	-	10	-
T-20	Jeff Mathews	60	-	50	-	10	-
T-20	Ryan Smith	60	-	50	-	10	-
T-24	Jon Cornish	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Greg Ellingson	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Jeff Fuller	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	S.J. Green	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Andrew Harris	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Charleston Hughes	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Jonathon Jennings	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Kendial Lawrence	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Terrell Sinkfield Jr	50	-	-	50	-	-
T-24	Patrick Watkins	50	-	50	-	-	-
T-24	Jamaal Westerman	50	-	-	-	-	50
T-24	Aston Whiteside	50	-	50	-	-	-
36	Weston Dressler	35	-	-	25	10	-
T-37	Emmanuel Arceneaux	25	-	-	25	-	-
T-37	John Bowman	25	-	-	25	-	-
T-37	Mic’hael Brooks	25	-	-	25	-	-
T-37	Stefan Logan	25	-	-	25	-	-
T-37	Keith Shologan	25	-	-	25	-	-
T-37	Brandon Smith	25	-	-	25	-	-
T-37	Chris Williams	25	-	-	25	-	-

 

2015 Shaw CFL Top Performers of the Week

Week	1st	2nd	3rd
1	Trevor Harris (TOR)	Jeff Fuller (CGY)	Drew Willy (WPG)*
2	Rakeem Cato (MTL)	Ryan Smith (SSK)*	Trevor Harris (TOR)
3	Travis Lulay (BC)	S.J. Green (MTL)	Weston Dressler (SSK)*
4	Shakir Bell (EDM)*	Jon Cornish (CGY)	Marcus Howard (EDM)
5	Henry Burris (OTT)*	Aston Whiteside (OTT)	Chris Williams (OTT)
6	Drew Willy (WPG)*	Patrick Watkins (EDM)	Marquay McDaniel (CGY)
7	Emanuel Davis (HAM)*	Andrew Harris (BC)	Keith Shologan (OTT)
8	Bo Levi Mitchell (CGY)*	Zach Collaros (HAM)	Eric Norwood (HAM)
9	Mike Daly (HAM)	Zach Collaros (HAM)*	Terrell Sinkfield, Jr (HAM)
10	James Franklin (EDM)*	Kendial Lawrence (EDM)	Derel Walker (EDM)
11	Zach Collaros (HAM)*	Charleston Hughes (CGY)	Terrell Sinkfield, Jr (HAM)
12	Mike Reilly (EDM)	Jeremiah Johnson (OTT)*	Adarius Bowman (EDM)
13	Henry Burris (OTT)*	Chris Rainey (BC)	Stefan Logan (MTL)
14	Macho Harris (SSK)*	Marquay McDaniel (CGY)	Derel Walker (EDM)
15	Henry Burris (OTT)*	Jonathon Jennings (BC)	Mic’hael Brooks (BC)
16	Trevor Harris (TOR)	Jeff Mathews (HAM)*	Emmanuel Arceneaux (BC)
17	Adarius Bowman (EDM)*	Henry Burris (OTT)	Brandon Smith (CGY)
18	Adarius Bowman (EDM)	Henry Burris (OTT)*	Mike Reilly (EDM)
19	Derel Walker (EDM)	Shawn Lemon (OTT)*	Mike Reilly (EDM)
20	Henry Burris (OTT)	Greg Ellingson (OTT)	John Bowman (MTL)

*Indicates Shaw Fan’s Choice of the Week

2015 Shaw CFL Top Performers of the Month

Month	1st	2nd	3rd
July	Trevor Harris (TOR)	Marcus Howard (EDM)	Rakeem Cato (MTL)
August	Zach Collaros (HAM)	Derel Walker (EDM)	Eric Norwood (HAM)
September	Henry Burris (OTT)	Chris Rainey (BC)	Jamaal Westerman (WPG)
October	Henry Burris (OTT)	Mike Reilly (EDM)	Adarius Bowman (EDM)