Jump to content

List of Edmonton Elks starting quarterbacks

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ricky Ray is the Elks' all-time leader in passing yards, completions, and touchdowns.

The following is an incomplete list of starting quarterbacks that have started a regular season or post-season game for the Edmonton Eskimos / Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). They are listed in order of appearance during the regular season or post-season, since 1993. Prior years do not include post-season starts and list number of starts from greatest to fewest.

Starting quarterbacks by season[edit]

Michael Reilly most recently won the Grey Cup as Edmonton's starting quarterback.

Where known, the number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Season(s) Regular season Postseason
2023 Taylor Cornelius (7) / Jarret Doege (1) / Tre Ford (10)
2022 Nick Arbuckle (3) / Tre Ford (3) / Taylor Cornelius (12)
2021 Trevor Harris (6) / Taylor Cornelius (8)
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Trevor Harris (13) / Logan Kilgore (5) Trevor Harris (2)
2018 Michael Reilly (18)
2017 Michael Reilly (18) Michael Reilly (2)
2016 Michael Reilly (17) / James Franklin (1) Michael Reilly (2)
2015 Michael Reilly (9) / Matt Nichols (7) / James Franklin (2) Michael Reilly (2)
2014 Michael Reilly (14) / Matt Nichols (4) Michael Reilly (1)
2013 Michael Reilly (18)
2012 Steven Jyles (9) / Kerry Joseph (7) / Matt Nichols (2) Kerry Joseph (1)
2011 Ricky Ray (18) Ricky Ray (2)
2010 Ricky Ray (16) / Jared Zabransky (5)
2009 Ricky Ray (18) Ricky Ray (2)
2008 Ricky Ray (18) Ricky Ray (1)
2007 Ricky Ray (13) / Stefan LeFors (5)
2006 Ricky Ray (18)
2005 Ricky Ray (18) Ricky Ray (3)
2004 Jason Maas (18) Jason Maas (1)
2003 Ricky Ray (18) Ricky Ray (2)
2002 Jason Maas (7) / Ricky Ray (11) Ricky Ray (2)
2001 Nealon Greene (6) / Jason Maas (12) Jason Maas (1)
2000 Nealon Greene (15) / Dan Crowley (3) Nealon Greene (1)
1999 Nealon Greene (11) / Marcus Crandell (3) / Kevin Mason (3) / Dan Crowley (1) Nealon Greene (1)
1998 David Archer (13) / Jimmy Kemp (5) David Archer (2)
1997 Danny McManus (15) / Jimmy Kemp (3) Danny McManus (1)
1996 Danny McManus (17) / Cody Ledbetter (1) Danny McManus (3)
1995 Kerwin Bell (12) / Chris Vargas (6) Kerwin Bell (2)
1994 Damon Allen (17) / Rickey Foggie (1) Damon Allen (1)
1993 Damon Allen (16) / Rickey Foggie (1) / Tom Muecke (1) Damon Allen (3)
1992 Tracy Ham (15) / Tom Muecke (3)
1991 Tracy Ham (16) / Warren Jones (2)
1990 Tracy Ham (18)
1989 Tracy Ham (18)
1988 Tracy Ham (11) / Damon Allen (7)
1987 Matt Dunigan (12) / Damon Allen (6)
1986 Matt Dunigan (17) / Damon Allen (1)
1985 Matt Dunigan (14) / Damon Allen (2)

Team passer rankings[edit]

Quarterbacks are listed by number of starts for the Edmonton Eskimos / Elks.[1]

Name GS W–L–T Comp Att Pct Yards TD Int
Ricky Ray 148 79–68–1 3,225 4,827 66.8 40,531 210 130
Jackie Parker 100 71–27–2 769 1,484 51.8 12,137 70 93
Tom Wilkinson 98 65–27–6 1,382 2,251 61.4 18,684 129 96
Michael Reilly 94 53–41–0 2,120 3,195 66.4 26,929 143 82
Tracy Ham 77 52–25–0 1,216 2,333 52.1 19,240 142 89
Warren Moon 59 41–17–1 1,280 2,209 57.9 21,228 139 70
Matt Dunigan 56 34–21–1 926 1,654 56.0 13,393 87 76
Damon Allen 51 35–16–0 809 1,583 51.1 12,466 76 56
Bruce Lemmerman 41 27–12–2 754 1,383 54.5 9,747 60 73
Jason Maas 37 20–17–0 800 1,307 61.2 11,953 65 40
Don Getty 37 17–19–1 532 992 53.6 8,950 57 60

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2024 CFL Guide" (PDF). Canadian Football League. p. 338. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Edmonton_Elks_starting_quarterbacks&oldid=1234340480"