It took 13 years but Trevor Harris is finally a Grey Cup-winning starting quarterback.

The 39-year-old Ohio native threw for 302 yards in leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders past the Montreal Alouettes 25-17 on Sunday at Princess Auto Stadium. Harris completed 23-of-27 passes (Cup record 85.2 per cent completion average) and was named the game’s outstanding player.

This marked Harris’s third Grey Cup championship but his first two (Toronto in 2012, Ottawa in 2016) were as a backup.

“Listen, the first meeting I ever had with a player was Trevor Harris and I told him that this was going to happen,” said Corey Mace, the Riders second-year head coach. “I understood what everybody said about him and he’s never been.

“You can’t say (expletive) no more other than Grey Cup champion, starting

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