Evans, Cornelius and Thomas named Top Performers
September 20, 2022 – Canadian Football League (CFL) News Release
TORONTO – 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
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)
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).
• Discuss this story on the Canadian Football League message board…
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
