It’s the end of an era. Henry Burris is retiring from the CFL as a champion. The 41-year old will go out on top after 18 seasons in the Canadian Football League. The 2016 Grey Cup marks Burris’s final game, where the veteran quarterback managed to lead the Redblacks to their first ever title, while also being named the game’s Most Valuable Player.
The Oklahoma native began his professional football career with the Calgary Stampeders and has also spent time with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Hamilton Tiger-cats, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears and the Berlin Thunder in Europe. Throughout those years, the Temple product has made a name for himself in the all-time record books and will undoubtedly be inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame.
Let’s take a moment to appreciate Burris’s football career:
Burris retires with the third-most passing yards (63,369), completions (4,649) and touchdown passes (373) in CFL history. He also finished with the fourth most quarterback starts (229) and quarterback wins (118) in league history.
Clearly age wasn’t a factor for the star, as he is the oldest starting quarterback in CFL history to win a Grey Cup at 41 years and 176 days old. Burris also managed to record 10,000+ passing yards with 3 different teams across the league (CGY, HAM, OTT).
Burris finishes his CFL career with three Grey Cups (1998, 2008, 2016), two Grey Cup MVP Awards (2008, 2016) and two CFL Most Outstanding Player Awards (2010, 2015).
Congratulations, Hank and thanks for the memories!
