Andrew Harris
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Andrew Harris (born April 24, 1987) is a professional Canadian football running back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Harris is a two-time Grey Cup champion and was named the Most Valuable Canadian of the 99th Grey Cup following a BC Lions' win, and won both the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Canadian in his Blue Bombers' 107th Grey Cup win.
He is a five-time CFL All-Star and a six-time CFL West All-Star.
He played for the Lions for six seasons before joining the Blue Bombers in 2016 as a free agent.
As a Bomber, he was named the 2017 Most Outstanding Canadian after leading the league in rushing and setting an all-time record for single-season receptions by a running back, he is the CFL leader in career rushing yards by a Canadian.
He played junior football for the Vancouver Island Raiders of the Canadian Junior Football League.
Early years
Harris was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and spent his early years in Steinbach, Manitoba, where he started playing football at age 9 with the Eastman Raiders. He played high school football at Grant Park High School in Winnipeg through his junior year and transferred to Oak Park High School before his senior year.
Junior career
Harris played for the Vancouver Island Raiders in the Canadian Junior Football League after high school in Winnipeg. He led the Raiders to three national championships (2006, 2008, and 2009) during his youth, as well as a number of British Columbia conference and CJFL records, including all-time touchdowns and scoring. He received the Wally Buono Award in 2009 for Canada's best junior football player.
Professional career
Wally Buono, the BC Lions' head coach and general manager, took note of Harris' abilities in junior football and named him as a territorial exception on May 22, 2008. The Lions reported signing Harris on December 15, 2008. In 2009, he joined the Lions' practice squad, while the Raiders' junior season began.
Harris earned a spot on the Lions' active roster in 2010 and was primarily active on special teams in his first season. On September 14, 2010, he was named as the CFL's top teams player of the week.
Harris was the Lions' backup running back starting the 2011 season. Harris saw his role expand and he took over as the starting running back in mid-season, with 853 total yards and eight touchdowns. Harris was named the Canadian Player of the Week for his work in the Lions' victory over the Edmonton Eskimos in the West Division Final. Harris was named the Most Outstanding Canadian at the Grey Cup a week after, leading with a touchdown and rushing for 65 yards over ten carries in the Lions' 34-23 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Harris and the Lions agreed to a two-year contract extension on December 29, 2011, with a year-long option on year three.
Harris came back to the starting lineup for the 2012 CFL season after a good 2011 season. Harris' solid play and became the ninth Canadian running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a season, as well as the first Canadian BC Lion to rush for 1,000 yards since Sean Millington in 2000. Jon Cornish, a fellow Canadian running back, ran for 1,000 yards in the first year since 1956, the first time two Canadian running backs combined for 1,000 yards in the same season since 1956. Despite increasing rush attempts in the 2013 CFL season, his total yards dropped short of 1000, finishing with 998. Harris had 61 pass receptions for 513 yards. Harris and the Lions also agreed to a contract extension through the 2015 CFL season prior to the 2014 CFL season.
Harris' 2014 season was cut short due to injuries, with him missing the final six games of the season due to injury. He finished the season with 652 yards on 122 runs (5.3 percent) and two rushing touchdowns. With four touchdowns, he had 529 receiving yards on 46 attempts for four touchdowns. Harris finished the 2015 CFL season with his second most rushing yards, trailing Montreal's Tyrell Sutton by 20 yards (1,059 to 1,039). With 222, he set a career-high in rushing attempts, though a career-lowest 4.7 yards per carry was posted. Harris screamed his displeasure with the BC Lions team right after his release as a pending free agent, putting his future with the team in jeopardy.
Harris became a free agent for his hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers on February 9, 2016. Harris appeared in only three of the regular season games for the Blue Bombers during the 2016 season, while also missing some time due to an ankle injury. He finished third in the league in rushing yards but fell short of the 1,000 yard plateau by just 26 yards. Harris scored a total of 225 yards against the Edmonton Eskimos in 2017 in a game against the Edmonton Eskimos, breaking 100 yards in both rushing and receiving, netting a total of 225 yards. He finished the season with 1,035 passing yards, winning his first league rushing title. With 105, he led all players with the most receptions, which was also a record for running backs, beating Craig Ellis' record of 102. Harris's solid play was rewarded in May 2018 after he and the Bombers agreed to a two-year contract extension. In 2018, he set a career-high in rush yards and led the league in rushing with 1390 yards.
Harris reached his 8,000 rushing yards on his career in a game against the Argonauts at home during the 2019 CFL season. Harris made history by scrimmage by a Canadian player on August 15, beating Ben Cahoon's 13,368 yards from scrimmage. He defeated Dave Thelen in the first game and ranked him in the top ten all-time rushing yards. Harris is the only player in league history to have more than 4000 rushing yards with two different franchises. After testing positive for Metandienone, Harris was suspended two games by the league for breaching the CFL/CFLPA drug policy on August 26, 2019. Harris set a new record for career rushing yards by a Canadian player in the CFL in Winnipeg's last regular season game; the game in which he upset the record set up Winnipeg's game winning field goal over Calgary.
Despite winning the CFL rushing title by more than 300 yards, Harris was not nominated for either Most Outstanding Player (Willie Jefferson) or Most Outstanding Canadian (Mike Miller). Miller's nomination sparked controversies; as primarily a special teams player, Miller's statistic output was much less than Harris'. Miller was the team co-leader for special teams tackles with 25, but with only 10 yards passing and 63 yards receiving, Miller was outgained by Harris in terms of yards from scrimmage by a total of 1,836 yards. Miller himself stated that he would accept the Canadian nomination on Andrew's behalf, but did so reluctantly and without fully disagreeing with his decision." Meanwhile, Bob Irving, a local radio announcer and Harris' chief, defended him; "I believe that a 2-game suspension, two missed game cheques, and public shame in July was punishment enough—I proudly voted for him."
In the 107th Grey Cup game, Harris helped the underdog Blue Bombers win their first Grey Cup since 1990 against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. After he finished with 18 carries for 134 passing yards, five catches for 35 yards, with both a running touchdown and a receiving touchdown, he became the first ever Grey Cup winner. Following the triumph of his hometown team Harris, he said, "I'm so proud to be a Winnipegger, and I can't wait to get back and share this with all of them." I just wanted to prove it to my colleagues and make it available to them. Everything else is irrelevant. "I just wanted to be the best player I could be today."
Harris did not play in 2020 because the 2020 CFL season was postponed. Harris had signed a one-year contract extension with the Blue Bombers as of January 15, 2021. Harris missed the first three games of the season due to a calf injury. He appeared in six games in the middle of the season, throwing the ball 116 times for 623 yards and three touchdowns. The Bombers reported on October 22, 2021, they had put Harris on the six-game injured list due to a knee injury he suffered while scoring a touchdown against the Edmonton Eskimos. Harris will not play for the remainder of the season until the 2021 Western Division Finals. Harris led the team to their second straight Grey Cup after he had 136 yards passing and a TD as the Bombers ended the Roughriders season for the third year in a row. On the date of his employment's termination, he became a free agent.
Harris signed with the Toronto Argonauts on February 8, 2022, after six seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In his fifth game with the Argonauts, he became the sixth player in CFL history to rush for over 10,000 yards and was the first Canadian player to do so. Harris was initially predicted that he would miss the next four to six weeks with a torn pectoral muscle in his shoulder, but the following day it was revealed that he would miss the remainder of the season after recovering from surgery. Harris had played in eight games for the Argos and finished third in the league in rushing yards at 490.