Top-graded CFL players of Week 22: Highlighting the league’s best performers

The CFL season is getting down to the wire, and each week, we’re diving into the numbers to spotlight the league’s top performers.

Thanks to consistent demand from fans, we’re bringing you the top 10 highest-graded CFL players who played significant snaps, based on PFF’s grading system.

From quarterbacks dissecting defenses to defensive linemen wreaking havoc in the trenches, these are the athletes who stood out above the rest in Week 22. We'll be highlighting this group every week of the season, so CFL fans can keep track of the top-tier talent making an impact across the league.

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

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Grading Highlight of the Week: RB Stevie Scott III, Montreal Alouettes

The Alouettes walked away from the East Division semifinals with a 42-33 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, and the play of Stevie Scott III was one of the biggest reasons why. He finished with an 86.6 overall PFF grade, the highest of any non-quarterback last week.

Scott was excellent as a rusher, putting up a league-high 133 yards on just 18 carries. What’s most impressive about that mark is that 106 of those yards came after first contact. Scott was hit early on most of his carries, but he forced nine missed tackles, the highest total in the CFL by far.

Of his 18 carries, 10 of them were given an above-average grade, while three others received excellent grades. That’s a 72.2% positively-graded rush rate, which led to an 88.2 PFF rushing grade. 

Scott also caught three passes for 29 yards and two first downs as a receiver. While those aren’t poor numbers, his PFF receiving grade was just 64.8. That’s because receiving grade takes into account the number of routes run and a player’s target percentage, not to mention what actually transpired on those receptions.

Scott ran 29 pass routes, and caught just those three passes. One of them was tackled for a loss, while the other two were scramble drill catches in which he was left uncovered and picked up the first down after the catch. They were good plays, but not great plays, so his grade wasn’t boosted very high.

However, with his excellent rushing grade, that was more than enough to carry his overall grade to the high mark that it was.

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Quarterback

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Vernon Adams Jr.	Calgary Stampeders	61	87.0
Davis Alexander	Montreal Alouettes	61	84.6
Nathan Rourke	B.C. Lions	42	84.1
Zach Collaros	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	40	52.3

Running Back

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Stevie Scott III	Montreal Alouettes	61	86.6
James Butler	B.C. Lions	40	66.4
Dedrick Mills	Calgary Stampeders	57	63.8
Brady Oliveira	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44	59.0
Jacob Mason	Montreal Alouettes	41	50.3

Wide Receiver

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Jalen Philpot	Calgary Stampeders	63	82.7
Justin McInnis	B.C. Lions	42	78.1
Tyson Philpot	Montreal Alouettes	65	74.7
Dominique Rhymes	Calgary Stampeders	62	74.3
Charleston Rambo	Montreal Alouettes	46	71.0
Keric Wheatfall	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	39	69.7
Ayden Eberhardt	B.C. Lions	28	68.4
Clark Barnes	Calgary Stampeders	60	68.0
Jerreth Sterns	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44	67.9
Keon Hatcher	B.C. Lions	44	66.7

Offensive Tackle

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Tiger Shanks	Montreal Alouettes	65	84.1
Nick Callender	Montreal Alouettes	61	74.9
Chris Schleuger	B.C. Lions	44	72.2
William Barnes	Calgary Stampeders	63	66.3
D'Antne Demery	Calgary Stampeders	63	66.2
Stanley Bryant	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44	62.8
Jarell Broxton	B.C. Lions	44	58.7
Kendall Randolph	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44	53.7

Offensive Guard

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Christy Nkanu	Calgary Stampeders	63	76.8
Donald Ventrelli	Montreal Alouettes	61	72.9
Zack Williams	Calgary Stampeders	63	64.1
Gabe Wallace	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44	63.9
Kory Woodruff	B.C. Lions	44	63.3
Asotui Eli	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27	62.6
George Una	B.C. Lions	44	61.6
Pier-Olivier Lestage	Montreal Alouettes	65	58.7

Centre

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Justin Lawrence	Montreal Alouettes	65	66.5
Christopher Fortin	Calgary Stampeders	63	60.9
Chris Kolankowski	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44	56.2
Michael Couture	B.C. Lions	44	47.6

Interior Defender

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Miles Brown	Calgary Stampeders	40	76.8
Jaylon Hutchings	Calgary Stampeders	37	70.2
Dylan Wynn	Montreal Alouettes	44	64.6
Cameron Lawson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	41	64.1
Jonah Tavai	B.C. Lions	49	62.1
Jake Thomas	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29	61.5
Kori Roberson Jr.	Montreal Alouettes	30	54.4
Jamal Woods	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	41	49.6
Dewayne Hendrix	B.C. Lions	37	48.0

Edge Defender

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Mathieu Betts	B.C. Lions	48	82.9
Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund	Montreal Alouettes	40	73.6
Clarence Hicks	Calgary Stampeders	33	69.4
Charles Wiley	Calgary Stampeders	35	66.7
Lwal Uguak	Montreal Alouettes	27	62.0
Bradlee Anae	B.C. Lions	34	61.6
Levi Bell	B.C. Lions	48	58.2
James Vaughters	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	57	51.2
Willie Jefferson	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38	48.2

Linebacker

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Tyrice Beverette	Montreal Alouettes	44	79.5
Geoffrey Cantin-Arku	Montreal Alouettes	22	74.4
Najee Murray	Montreal Alouettes	44	70.3
Derrick Moncrief	Calgary Stampeders	44	64.6
Ben Hladik	B.C. Lions	22	64.1
Jacob Roberts	Calgary Stampeders	34	62.6
Tony Jones	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	65	61.6
Darnell Sankey	Montreal Alouettes	44	59.2
Micah Awe	B.C. Lions	47	57.6
Jaiden Woodbey	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	58	55.7

Corner

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Kabion Ento	Montreal Alouettes	40	70.0
Robert Carter Jr.	B.C. Lions	61	65.7
Anthony Johnson	Calgary Stampeders	42	64.4
Lorenzo Burns	Montreal Alouettes	44	57.1
Jamal Parker Jr.	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	63	56.9
Adrian Greene	Calgary Stampeders	44	56.9
Demerio Houston	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	63	55.9
Garry Peters	B.C. Lions	63	55.7

Halfback

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Evan Holm	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	65	75.1
Ronald Kent Jr.	B.C. Lions	55	68.3
Jaydon Grant	Calgary Stampeders	44	66.4
Deatrick Nichols	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	65	57.5
Deontai Williams	B.C. Lions	63	57.2
Wesley Sutton	Montreal Alouettes	44	54.0
Sheldon Arnold II	Calgary Stampeders	42	52.8
T.J. Lee	B.C. Lions	61	49.8
Dionte Ruffin	Montreal Alouettes	36	47.5

Safety

Name	Team	Snaps	Overall Grade
Marc-Antoine Dequoy	Montreal Alouettes	44	69.7
Bailey Devine-Scott	Calgary Stampeders	42	66.4
Jackson Findlay	B.C. Lions	63	54.0
Cam Allen	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	58	52.1