CFL Grey Cup 2025: Highlighting the best performers

The 2025 CFL season is officially in the books, and with the Grey Cup decided, we’ve released PFF grades for every player who took the field in the championship game.

This is your all-in-one look at individual performances across all three phases — and with PFF’s Black Friday sale underway, it’s the perfect time to dive deeper into the data behind the CFL’s biggest night.

Want to dig deeper into the data? Click here for full season-level PFF grades across the CFL.

Player of the Game: CB Marcus Sayles, Saskatchewan Roughriders

While there were plenty of strong performances in the Grey Cup, one stood clearly above the rest. Saskatchewan cornerback Marcus Sayles put together a dominant outing that helped the Roughriders secure their first championship since 2013.

Sayles played 38 coverage snaps and was targeted only three times. The first came on Montreal’s opening pass play, where he matched a deep post, closed at the catch point and came away with an interception. The second arrived a few snaps later on a go route, and Sayles legally squeezed the receiver to the sideline to force an incompletion. The third wasn’t a true target — the game-ending Hail Mary — but it was Sayles who rose above the crowd to knock the pass down and seal the Grey Cup.

He also made two key tackles in the passing game. One stopped a first-down screen for a four-yard gain, and the other came on a busted coverage late in the first half, where Sayles brought the receiver down in bounds near midfield to prevent Montreal from getting into field-goal range.

To cap off his night, Sayles recovered Montreal’s goal-line fumble with just over three minutes remaining. It all added up to a game-leading 90.5 overall grade — the highest mark of any player in the Grey Cup.

Quarterback

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Davis Alexander	Montreal Alouettes	54	83.7
Trevor Harris	Saskatchewan Roughriders	46	79.7
Tommy Stevens	Saskatchewan Roughriders	4	52.9
Shea Patterson	Montreal Alouettes	5	29.4

Running Back

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
A.J. Ouellette	Saskatchewan Roughriders	47	71.2
Travis Theis	Montreal Alouettes	13	69.2
Stevie Scott III	Montreal Alouettes	50	67.3
Thomas Bertrand-Hudon	Saskatchewan Roughriders	3	65.6
Morgen Runge	Saskatchewan Roughriders	18	58.5
Jacob Mason	Montreal Alouettes	20	55.1

Wide Receiver

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Samuel Emilus	Saskatchewan Roughriders	50	80.2
Tyson Philpot	Montreal Alouettes	59	76.3
Dohnte Meyers	Saskatchewan Roughriders	46	68.0
Tyler Snead	Montreal Alouettes	54	64.5
Charleston Rambo	Montreal Alouettes	54	62.8
Tommy Nield	Saskatchewan Roughriders	46	62.7
Kian Schaffer-Baker	Saskatchewan Roughriders	46	61.4
Cole Spieker	Montreal Alouettes	46	61.4
Ajou Ajou	Saskatchewan Roughriders	32	61.1
Regis Cibasu	Montreal Alouettes	5	60.0
Alexander Hollins	Montreal Alouettes	7	56.6
Austin Mack	Montreal Alouettes	27	47.9

Offensive Tackle

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Jermarcus Hardrick	Saskatchewan Roughriders	50	77.5
Nick Callender	Montreal Alouettes	59	63
Tiger Shanks	Montreal Alouettes	59	59.4
Payton Collins	Saskatchewan Roughriders	44	58.3

Offensive Guard

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Jacob Brammer	Saskatchewan Roughriders	50	75.2
Donald Ventrelli	Montreal Alouettes	59	62.4
Trevon Tate	Saskatchewan Roughriders	50	61.4
Pier-Olivier Lestage	Montreal Alouettes	59	54.4

Centre

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Logan Ferland	Saskatchewan Roughriders	50	73.4
Zack Fry	Saskatchewan Roughriders	10	70.3
Cyrille Hogan-Saindon	Montreal Alouettes	16	58.5
Justin Lawrence	Montreal Alouettes	59	57.5

Interior Defender

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Ali Saad	Saskatchewan Roughriders	14	69.6
Micah Johnson	Saskatchewan Roughriders	39	67.1
Caleb Sanders	Saskatchewan Roughriders	34	65.7
Mustafa Johnson	Montreal Alouettes	16	62.7
Mike Rose	Saskatchewan Roughriders	51	58.0
Dylan Wynn	Montreal Alouettes	44	56.3
Kori Roberson Jr.	Montreal Alouettes	28	49.5

Edge Defender

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Lwal Uguak	Montreal Alouettes	36	69.6
Joshua Archibald	Montreal Alouettes	18	65.1
Malik Carney	Saskatchewan Roughriders	43	64.1
Aaron Patrick	Saskatchewan Roughriders	2	60.0
Philippe Lemieux-Cardinal	Montreal Alouettes	1	60.0
Habakkuk Baldonado	Saskatchewan Roughriders	55	57.4
Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund	Montreal Alouettes	50	51.1

Linebacker

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Tyrice Beverette	Montreal Alouettes	50	70.1
Jameer Thurman	Saskatchewan Roughriders	59	64.3
Darnell Sankey	Montreal Alouettes	50	61.1
Aubrey Miller Jr.	Saskatchewan Roughriders	2	60.1
Antoine Brooks Jr.	Saskatchewan Roughriders	59	57.1
Najee Murray	Montreal Alouettes	50	53.8
A.J. Allen	Saskatchewan Roughriders	59	52.7
Geoffrey Cantin-Arku	Montreal Alouettes	32	50.5

Cornerback

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Marcus Sayles	Saskatchewan Roughriders	57	90.5
Lorenzo Burns	Montreal Alouettes	46	70.6
Kabion Ento	Montreal Alouettes	46	64.2
Tevaughn Campbell	Saskatchewan Roughriders	59	59.8

Halfback

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Robert Kennedy III	Montreal Alouettes	33	71.9
Rolan Milligan	Saskatchewan Roughriders	59	64.0
Wesley Sutton	Montreal Alouettes	50	57.3
DaMarcus Fields	Saskatchewan Roughriders	57	56.3

Safety

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
C.J. Reavis	Saskatchewan Roughriders	59	73.8
Marc-Antoine Dequoy	Montreal Alouettes	50	61.1