Veteran running back Andrew Harris returns to Argonauts for Grey Cup title defence
Roughriders sign 2-time all-star receiver Derel Walker
Veteran Canadian running back Andrew Harris is officially back with the Toronto Argonauts.
The CFL club announced Thursday that Harris, 35, of Winnipeg, was returning for the 2023 season although sources had indicated last month Harris would be back to help Toronto defend its Grey Cup title.
Contract details weren't divulged but the sources said last month Harris had agreed to a one-year deal with Toronto.
Mr. November is running it back in the double blue 🏆
—@TorontoArgosHarris ran for 490 yards on 114 carries (4.3-yard average) and added 23 catches for 180 yards in eight regular-season games last season, his first with Toronto. Harris missed 10 contests with a torn pectoral muscle but returned in time for the CFL playoffs.
Harris ran for 42 yards and a touchdown on nine carries in Toronto's 34-27 East Division final win over Montreal. He added 55 yards rushing on 10 carries in the Grey Cup.
Harris is a five-time CFL all-star and was the league's top Canadian in 2017. Two years later, he became the first player ever to be named both the Grey Cup MVP and the game's top Canadian in Winnipeg's 33-12 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Last year, Toronto linebacker Henoc Muamba accomplished the feat in the Argos' 24-23 Grey Cup victory over Winnipeg.
Roughriders sign former Elks receiver Walker
The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American free-agent receiver Derel Walker on Thursday.
The six-foot-two, 187-pound Walker had 65 catches for 874 yards and a TD in 16 regular-season games with the Edmonton Elks in 2022.
Walker, 31, was the CFL's top rookie in 2015 (winning a Grey Cup with Edmonton that year) and has registered three 1,000-yard seasons.
A two-time league all-star, Walker has registered 471 catches for 6,653 yards and 33 TDs in 91 career regular-season contests.
