WINNIPEG — Andrew Harris is leaving football as one the greatest running backs in CFL history. But he says that he once went from the exhilaration of winning the 2019 Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the lowest he could go.
“When you’re having suicidal thoughts, that’s about as rock bottom as you can get,” Harris told a group of local reporters on Friday. “That’s where I was at. I mean, COVID was tough on a lot of people, but I was really in that dark spot during COVID, and it was really tough to get out.”
"That was the main message. I don’t want it to be a football documentary. It’s a story about a football player, but I think it will relate to a lot of people and that’s the kind of impact that I’m hoping to achieve from it." Harris began his CFL career with the B.C. Lions in 2009, then signed with the Bombers as a free agent in 2016. He's the CFL’s all-time leading Canadian rusher with 10,380 yards and 51 touchdowns.
“The big thing is, it feels like home,” Harris said in the Bombers media room. “It feels like I never left. Even going through this process of wanting to end my career as a Bomber, it just felt like the right thing. It just felt like a whole new family type of vibe to it, so I’m just excited to go through it and end it the way I did.
“Winning the Grey Cup in 2019 was probably the best moment of my life, football-wise. But honestly, in the locker room with the characters we’ve had here over the years, there are so many moments, just spending time with the guys. So many moments of just fun, great times, memories that will last forever, for sure.”“I think the biggest thing is how I always left it on the field and played with that optimum fire in my belly,” said the five-foot-11, 202-pounder.
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