CFL Week 21 Honor Roll: Cody Fajardo Earns Player of the Week

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Oakman and Ottawa O-line also receive top marks

TORONTO – Cody Fajardo, Shawn Oakman and the Ottawa REDBLACKS’ offensive line have made the grade for Week 21 in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Honour Roll powered by Pro Football Focus (PFF).

PFF utilizes extensive review of game footage to provide additional context for every action on the field. Highly-trained PFF staff breakdown every game, player and play to provide over 200 unique data points, which are used to compile Player Grades – a numerical representation up-to-100 of performance at their specific position. For more information on PFF, Player Grades, the Grading Scale and more, please visit pff.com/grades.

Each week, the highest individual Player Grades on offence and defence, as well as the highest graded offensive line, will be recognized in the CFL Honour Roll. The best individual performers by Player Grade from each of ten position groups, including the newly added Returner, will form the All-Week team. Offensive and defensive players must play a minimum of 25 snaps to be eligible and special teams players must play 10. Kickers, punters and returners do not have eligibility requirements. Ties will be broken by the number of snaps played.

CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 21: OFFENCE

QB | Cody Fajardo | Edmonton Elks | CGY 20 – EDM 10

  • PFF Player Grade: 92.0
  • 20-of-27 passing (74.1 per cent) for 272 yards and one touchdown
  • Two 30+ yard completions
  • 24 rushing yards on two carries, including a 23-yard effort in the third quarter
  • 102.7 efficiency rating
  • Second CFL Honour Roll All-Week selection (Week 14)

CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 21: DEFENCE

DL | Shawn Oakman | Montreal Alouettes | MTL 10 – WPG 19

  • PFF Player Grade: 90.1
  • 36 total defensive snaps
  • Season-high seven defensive tackles and one pass knockdown
  • One sack, sixth of the season, resulting in a loss of seven yards
  • 86.1 Grade on 26 run defense snaps

CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 21: OFFENSIVE LINE

Ottawa REDBLACKS | OTT 15 – HAM 35

  • PFF unit grade: 71.6
  • Top-3 performers:
    • Peter Godber | 70.8
    • Drew Desjarlais | 66.8
    • Dino Boyd | 66.8

CFL HONOUR ROLL: ALL-WEEK 21

  • QB | Cody Fajardo | Edmonton | 92.0
  • RB | Greg Bell | Hamilton | 76.5
  • REC | Kian Schaffer-Baker | Saskatchewan | 90.1
  • OL | Quinton Barrow | Hamilton | 86.4
  • DL | Shawn Oakman | Montreal | 90.1
  • LB | Geoffrey Cantin-Arku | Montreal | 88.8
  • DB | Evan Holm | Winnipeg | 88.3
  • RET | Kaylon Horton | Calgary | 83.8
  • K/P | Marc Liegghio | Hamilton | 81.0
  • ST | Robert Panabaker | Hamilton | 90.2

2025 TOP GRADES (OFF/DEF) – TOP 10
(Grade | Week | POS | Name | Team)

  1. 99.3 | W9 | DL | Willie Jefferson | Winnipeg
  2. 93.4 | W15 | QB | McLeod Bethel-Thompson | Montreal
  3. 93.4 | W16 | QB | Nathan Rourke | BC
  4. 93.2 | W11 | QB | Nathan Rourke | BC
  5. 93.0 | W7 | QB | Trevor Harris | Saskatchewan
  6. 92.6 | W7 | DB | Destin Talbert | Hamilton
  7. 92.6 | W14 | RB | Justin Rankin | Edmonton
  8. 92.2 | W15 | REC | Tyson Philpot | Montreal
  9. 92.0 | W21 | QB | Cody Fajardo | Edmonton
  10. 91.7 | W18 | DL | Julian Howsare | Hamilton
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