Henry Burris

Burris joinen the Calgary in 1997, dressing for just one game in his rookie season.  Burris saw limited action his the next two years with Calgary mainly because the Stampeders had established QBs in Jeff Garcia and Dave Dickenson.  When Roy Shivers moved from Calgary to become the Saskatchewean GM, he signed Burris as a free agent and "Smiling Hank" took over as the Rider's starting QB in 2000.  Burris responded in his first season as a starter by completing 63.5% of his 576 pass attempts for 4647 yards.  Unfortunately for the Riders, Burris's strong arm and quick feet caught the attention of the NFL and Burris signed with the Green Bay Packers in 2001.  After his release, Burris rejoined Saskatchewan in 2003, but at that time Nealon Greene had established hismelf as the Rider's starter and Burris sw little action in the 10 games he dressed for.  In 2004, Greene was again named the starting QB, but he broke his leg in the first game of the season and Burris retook the startering job.  Burris again pased for over 4000 yards in 2004, only to shock Rider fans by bolting to the Calgary Stampeders as a free agent.  In his first three seasons with Calgary, Burris passed for over 4000 yards in each season, and was the West All-Star at QB in 2006.

Games Played and Passing
Year Team GP PA PC % Yds TD Int Sacked Yds
1997 CAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CAL 18 11 5 45.5 83 0 1 2
1999 CAL 5 60 36 60 529 4 4 5
2000 SASK 18 576 308 63.5 4647 30 25 26
2003 SASK 10 24 11 45.8 130 1 0 1
2004 SASK 18 544 322 59.2 4267 23 18 22
2005 CAL 16 435 265 60.9 4290 23 12 18
2006 CAL 18 537 305 56.8 4453 23 18 25
2007 CAL
471 285 60.5 4279 34 14

Rushing
Year Team TC Yds Avg TD Long
1997 CAL 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CAL 2 4 2 0 2
1999 CAL 13 81 6.2 0 16
2000 SASK 68 188 2.8 8 17
2003 SASK 2 16 8 0 9
2004 SASK 84 464 5.5 7 34
2005 CAL 82 513 6.3 9 31
2006 CAL 70 480 6.9 5 25
2007 CAL 85 623 7.3 5 39
Fumbles
Year Team F FL OFR
1997 CAL 0 0 0
1998 CAL 0 0 0
1999 CAL 1 0 0
2000 SASK 12 5 1
2003 SASK 0 0 0
2004 SASK 14 8 4
2005 CAL 15 8 5
2006 CAL 7 4 1
2007 CAL 6 5 0
2007 Extreme