1. Henry Burris won three Grey Cup championships, two with the Calgary Stampeders, in 1998 and 2008, having spent 10 years of his career with them, and one with the Ottawa Redblacks in 2016.
53 Facts About Henry Burris
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Henry Burris was a sports broadcaster and football analyst at TSN, appearing as a panel member on the network's CFL on TSN broadcasts.
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Henry Burris won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in 2010 and 2015.
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At the time of his retirement Henry Burris was third in all-time CFL passing yards and passing touchdowns.
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Henry Burris attended Spiro High School in Spiro, Oklahoma, and won four varsity letters each in football, track, basketball, and baseball.
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Henry Burris attended Temple University and finished with 20 passing records.
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Henry Burris left the university ranked second all-time in Big East Conference passing with 7495 yards.
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Henry Burris went undrafted in the NFL, and signed a contract with the CFL's Calgary Stampeders in 1997.
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Henry Burris spent the 1997 season on the Stampeders' practice roster.
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Henry Burris had his first, limited playing time in 1998 in relief of Jeff Garcia and Dave Dickenson, while dressing for all of the Stampeders' games.
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Henry Burris replaced Dickenson in the third week game against the Edmonton Eskimos, leading the Stampeders to a come-from-behind victory.
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Henry Burris started the following two games against the Montreal Alouettes and BC Lions, leading the Stampeders to another victory in the former.
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Henry Burris was injured in the third quarter of the latter, and spent the rest of the season on the injured reserve with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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Henry Burris moved on to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for his first opportunity to be a full-time starting quarterback.
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Henry Burris started the first 16 games of the Roughriders season, throwing for 4,647 yards and 30 touchdowns.
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Henry Burris began playing in the NFL in 2001, when he spent several weeks as the Packers' third-string quarterback, without playing in a game, before he was released, and then he spent the rest of the season on their practice squad.
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Henry Burris was signed by the Chicago Bears in the off-season.
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Henry Burris received significant playing time only in the last two games of the regular season.
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Henry Burris was 8 of 22 for 50 yards and a touchdown against Carolina, fumbling twice, and 7 of 19 for 78 yards and four interceptions against Tampa Bay, for a 10.3 quarterback rating.
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Henry Burris returned to Canada in time for the 2003 CFL season, dressing for 10 games that season.
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Henry Burris returned his starting position in 2004, starting in 14 games over the course of the season, and leading the Roughriders to the 2004 Western Final, narrowly missing advancing to the Grey Cup.
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Henry Burris captured the title of Grey Cup Most Valuable Player and was a finalist for the league's most outstanding player award.
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In 2009, Henry Burris led the Calgary Stampeders to a second-place finish in the Western Conference.
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Henry Burris won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player award for that season.
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Henry Burris performed short-yardage duties for the team as the back-up quarterback.
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Henry Burris returned to quarterbacking the Calgary Stampeders in the second half of the Western Conference Semi Finals against the Edmonton Eskimos.
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Henry Burris was unable to lead a second half comeback throwing only 7 completions in 15 attempts with 0 touchdowns, having to settle for multiple field goals.
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The Stampeders seemed ready to move on and hand the starting job to Drew Tate while Henry Burris had stated that he did not want to be a backup quarterback.
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Henry Burris threw for 5,367 yards and 43 touchdowns, with a passer rating of 104.4, all career highs.
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On September 13,2013, midway through the 2013 CFL season, Henry Burris became the 5th CFL quarterback to throw for 50,000 career passing yards.
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Henry Burris' 4,925 passing yards was enough to lead the league in passing for the second consecutive year.
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On February 4,2014, Henry Burris signed a three-year contract with the Ottawa Redblacks.
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Henry Burris threw the first passing touchdown in Redblacks history in their first game on July 3,2014, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Henry Burris led the team to their first victory during their first home game of the season on July 18,2014, against the Toronto Argonauts.
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Henry Burris returned as the starter for the 2015 season and was the only quarterback in the league to start all 18 games that year.
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On October 1,2015, Henry Burris set a CFL record for completions in a game connecting on 45 passes for a career-high 504 passing yards.
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On November 7,2015, Henry Burris became the CFL's record holder for most completions in a season with 481 completions.
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Additionally, Henry Burris finished the 2015 season as the league leader in passing yards and completion percentage.
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Henry Burris left the 2016 season opening game in the third quarter after injuring the pinky finger on his throwing hand.
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Henry Burris was replaced by backup quarterback Trevor Harris who was brought in as a free-agent during the offseason to replace the 41-year old Burris in the event of an injury or diminished performance.
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Henry Burris returned to the starting role in Week 17.
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At the Grey Cup parade two days following the victory Henry Burris was in crutches stating he would likely need surgery to repair his knee which he injured in warm-ups before the Grey Cup game.
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Henry Burris told the 40,000 fans in attendance that he would delay his decision regarding the future of his playing career until January 2017.
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On January 19,2017, it was reported that Henry Burris was leaning towards retirement, citing the desire to spend more time with his wife and help raise their children; while at the same time wanting to play in 2017 to help Ottawa win back-to-back championships at the 105th Grey Cup in Ottawa.
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Henry Burris was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2020.
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On February 21,2017, Henry Burris began his broadcasting career and joined CTV Morning Live Ottawa as one of the show's hosts.
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Henry Burris was a football analyst at TSN and a panel member on the network's CFL on TSN broadcasts.
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Henry Burris joined the coaching staff of the Chicago Bears for the team's 2020 training camp as part of the Bill Walsh diversity coaching fellowship.
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Henry Burris remained with the team for the duration of the 2020 season as a seasonal coaching assistant.
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Henry Burris was promoted to a full-time position as offensive quality control coach on January 25,2021.
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On March 15,2022, Henry Burris joined the BC Lions as an offensive consultant.
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Henry Burris spent the 2022 season as an Offensive Quality Control coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars after not being retained by Matt Eberflus who became coach of the Chicago Bears following the firing of Matt Nagy.
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Henry Burris was granted permanent residency in Canada on April 28,2017, after a long bureaucratic hurdle.