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:
  • Demski caps opening drive with 16-yard TD
  • Collaros finds Demski for his second major of the game
  • Bailey unleashes his inner Superman for touchdown
  • O’Leary-Orange scores his first CFL TD

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:
  • Gittens Jr. extends the Argos lead

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:
  • Jefferson and Jeffcoat team up for the strip sack

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)

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