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TORONTO — After winning the league’s Most Outstanding Player award in 2022, his second-straight year taking home the accolade, Zach Collaros has been named the top player on the CFL on TSN’s annual top 50 players list.
Collaros was also ranked No. 1 on the top 50 players list heading into the 2022 campaign. Prior to that nod, Collaros last made an an appearance on the top 50 players list in 2017. He was named the No. 11 player that season as the starting quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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Collaros finished the 2022 regular season completing 305 of his 436 attempts for 4,138 yards and 37 touchdown passes, setting career highs in each category. With Collaros leading the offence, the Blue Bombers finished as the top team in the West Division for a second consecutive season. The team went 15-3, which was a franchise record.
Last year Collaros became the fifth player in league history to earn back-to-back MOP awards and became the first player to do so since Anthony Calvillo, who earned consecutive MOP nods in 2008 and 2009. He also became the second quarterback in Winnipeg history to win consecutive MOP awards, joining Dieter Brock who did so in 1980 and 1981.
As Collaros and the Bombers look to get to the Grey Cup in November, the new season kicks off Thursday night when the BC Lions visit the Calgary Stampeders, with kickoff set for 9:00 p.m. ET.
DISTRIBUTION BY TEAM
BC Lions – 4
Edmonton Elks – 4
Hamilton Tiger-Cats – 7
Saskatchewan Roughriders – 3
Winnipeg Blue Bombers – 11
Calgary Stampeders – 9
Montreal Alouettes – 1
Toronto Argonauts – 5
Ottawa REDBLACKS – 5
DISTRIBUTION BY POSITION
Wide Receiver – 11
Defensive Back – 7
Defensive Line – 9
Offensive Line – 6
Quarterback – 5
Linebacker – 6
Running Back – 5
Kicker – 1
1. ZACH COLLAROS | QB, WPG
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2. EUGENE LEWIS | REC, EDM
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3. KA’DEEM CAREY | RB, CGY
Photo: Andrew Lahodynskyj/CFL.ca
4. STANLEY BRYANT | OL, WPG
Photo: Jimmy Jeong/CFL.ca
5. DALTON SCHOEN | REC, WPG
Photo: Christian Bender/CFL.ca
6. WILLIE JEFFERSON | DL, WPG
Photo: BlueBombers.com
7. LORENZO MAULDIN IV | DL, OTT
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
8. KENNY LAWLER | REC, WPG
Photo: Andrew Lahodynskyj/CFL.ca
9. WYNTON MCMANIS | LB, TOR
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
10. ADAM BIGHILL | LB, WPG
Photo: Steven Hiscock/CFL.ca
11. DOMINIQUE RHYMES | REC, BC
Photo: BCLions.com
12. DEATRICK NICHOLS | DB, WPG
Photo: The Canadian Press
13. TREVOR HARRIS | QB, SSK
Photo: riderville.com
14. WILLIAM STANBACK | RB, MTL
Photo: Andrew Lahodynskyj/CFL.ca
15. TIM WHITE | REC, HAM
Photo: The Canadian Press
16. CAMERON JUDGE | LB, CGY
Photo: Stampeders.com
17. JAKE CERESNA | DL, EDM
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
18. FOLARIN ORIMOLADE | DL, TOR
Photo: argonauts.ca
19. MIKE ROSE | DL, CGY
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
20. BO LEVI MITCHELL | QB, HAM
Photo: Ticats.ca
21. KURLEIGH GITTENS JR.| REC, TOR
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
22. BRANDON REVENBERG | OL, HAM
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
23. ANTHONY LANIER III | DL, SSK
Photo: Riderville.com
24. SEAN MCEWEN | OL, CGY
Photo: Larry McDougal/CFL.ca
25. JAMEER THURMAN | LB, HAM
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
26. DEREK DENNIS | OL, FA
Photo: Stampeders.com
27. JEREMIAH MASOLI | QB, OTT
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
28. DREW DESJARLAIS | OL, OTT
Photo: ottawaREDBLACKS.com
29. JAKE MAIER | QB, CGY
Photo: Stampeders.com
30. JAELON ACKLIN | REC, OTT
Photo: The Canadian Press
31. GARRY PETERS | DB, BC
Photo: Christian Bender/CFL.ca
32. JACKSON JEFFCOAT | DL, WPG
Photo: The Canadian Press
33. JAMES BUTLER | RB, HAM
Photo: The Canadian Press
34. NIC DEMSKI | REC, WPG
Photo: Christian Bender/CFL.ca
35. TUNDE ADELEKE | DB, HAM
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
36. SHAWN OAKMAN | DL, TOR
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
37. LUCKY WHITEHEAD | REC, BC
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
38. MALIK HENRY | REC, CGY
Photo: Stampeders.com
39. LARRY DEAN | LB, SSK
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
40. ADARIUS PICKETT | DB, TOR
Photo: argonauts.ca
41. JOVAN SANTOS-KNOX | LB, OTT
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
42. JA’GARED DAVIS | DL, HAM
Photo: Kevin Sousa/CFL.ca
43. KEVIN BROWN | RB, EDM
Photo: Walter Tychnowicz/CFL.ca
44. TRE ROBERSON | DB, CGY
Photo: Stampeders.com
45. JERMARCUS HARDRICK | OL, WPG
Photo: Jason Halstead/CFL.ca
46. RENE PAREDES | K, CGY
Photo: Thomas Skrlj/CFL.ca
47. DILLON MITCHELL | REC, EDM
Photo: The Canadian Press
48. BRADY OLIVEIRA | RB, WPG
Photo: Chris Tanouye/CFL.ca
49. TJ LEE | DB, BC
Photo: BCLions.com
50. JONATHAN MOXEY | DB, CGY
Photo: Stampeders.com
