The Toronto Argonauts and four-time Grey Cup champion Andrew Harris agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2023 season on Thursday.
The 35-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba, had 114 carries for 490 yards, and 23 catches for 180 yards in eight games for Toronto in 2022. He won his fourth Grey Cup championship when Toronto beat Winnipeg 24-23.
This will be Harris’s second season in Toronto and 13th in the CFL season. It is expected that he will retire after the 2023 season and become a head coach for the Vancouver Island Raiders in 2024.
Harris played for the Island Raiders for three seasons (2006-09) winning three CJFL national championships. In addition, Harris set numerous rushing records in the British Columbia Football Conference before joining the B.C. Lions as a territorial exemption. He won the Wally Buono Award in 2009.
Harris played six seasons with the B.C. Lions with 825 carries for 4,259 yards, 26 touchdowns, 265 catches for 2,639 yards, and 22 touchdowns in 102 games. Harris won his first Grey Cup in 2011. He won the 2015 Eddie James Memorial Trophy and was named a two-time CFL West All-Star and two-time CFL All-Star.
Then, Harris signed with the Blue Bombers as a free agent in 2016. Harris played five seasons in Winnipeg with 964 carries for 5,402 yards, 25 touchdowns, 311 catches for 2,584 yards, and ten touchdowns in 74 games. He won two more Grey Cup championships, CFL’s Most Outstanding Canadian, two-time Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian, and Grey Cup Most Valuable Player.
In addition, Harris was named to the CFL West All-Star four times, and CFL All-Star three times. Furthermore, he won the Eddie James Memorial Trophy three more times as the West Division’s rushing leader, and a two-time Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy winner for outstanding Canadian in the West Division.
