For Chicago Bears historians, 2002 provided two historical footnotes:
- One-time starting quarterback Henry Burris
The rest of Burris’s football career has been anything but a footnote. After his short run in the NFL, Burris returned to the Canadian Football League and launched one of the greatest careers in that league’s history.
Including his first four seasons of professional football from 1997 to 2000, Burris has played 17 years in the CFL and is third in league history in passing yards. He is all over the league’s record book, has won the league’s Most Outstanding Player award twice, led his teams to the Grey Cup championship twice (plus once as a reserve), and won the game’s MVP award twice.