The Saskatchewan Roughriders gave veteran quarterback Trevor Harris a quarter-million reasons to provide some small salary cap space for the team.
The Riders turned his $250,000 February 1 roster bonus into a signing bonus within his reworked 2024 contract. He has a $189,500 base salary, $15,000 in marketing money, $13,800 in housing and $5,000 in travel for a total of $473,300 in hard money. Harris has playtime incentives worth up to $27,000, broken down to $1,500 per game for playing 51 percent or more of the offensive snaps.
Despite taking his total down $24,700 from $525,000 to $500,300, Harris takes home more money after taxes. American players who maintain a permanent residence south of the border are taxed 15 percent on any signing bonus — much less than their usual Canadian tax rate.
“There were discussions we had with Trevor and he was willing to help the team out. We did a little bit of a restructure with Trevor’s contract and Trevor was more than willing to help out, just a team guy,” O’Day said while at the CFL’s winter meetings.
“Trevor was under contract for this season and certainly didn’t have to do anything with his contract but we appreciate that he did.”
Harris started five games for the Riders in 2023 before suffering a tibial plateau fracture that ended his season. He completed 67.1 percent of his passes for 1,274 yards with six touchdowns and four interceptions while posting a 3-2 win-loss record as a starter.
The six-foot-three, 212-pound passer has thrown for 29,884 yards with 160 touchdowns and 75 interceptions over 166 career CFL games. The 10-year veteran has played for the Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Redblacks, Edmonton Elks, Alouettes and Riders.
