Chris Streveler

Chris Streveler

No. 17     Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Born:	(1995-01-06) January 6, 1995 Naperville, Illinois
Career information
Status	Active
CFL status	American
Position(s)	QB
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	211 lb (96 kg)
College	South Dakota
High school	Marian Central Catholic
NFL draft	2018, undrafted
Hand	Right
Career history
As player
2018–present	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (2019) 2017 MVFC Offensive Player of the Year
Career stats
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Christopher L. Streveler (born January 6, 1995) is an American professional Canadian football quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Streveler played his college football at Minnesota and South Dakota.

College career

Streveler played two years with the South Dakota Coyotes at the University of South Dakota. Streveler threw for 6,081 yards and 54 touchdowns, earning the MVFC Offensive Player of the Year award in 2017. He was a runner-up for the Walter Payton award. He spent three years at Minnesota before going to South Dakota.

Professional career

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

On May 4, 2018, Streveler signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League after going undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft. Expected to compete with Blue Bombers' quarterbacks Matt Nichols, Darian Durant and Alex Ross in training camp, the presumptive backup quarterback Darian Durant retired before the start of training camp. The Blue Bombers signed quarterback Bryan Bennett to compete with Streveler and Ross for backup behind Nichols. On June 1, 2018, Streveler played in his first preseason game with the Blue Bombers, going 10 for 10 with 140 yards and an 80-yard touchdown pass. On June 6, Nichols suffered an injury in practice that would later sideline him for four to six weeks to open the 2018 season. Instead of signing a veteran quarterback to lead the team, the Blue Bombers elected to start Streveler to open the season. Streveler became the first quarterback to start a CFL game coming out of college since 1994, when future Hall of Famer Anthony Calvillo started for the Las Vegas Posse. Streveler won his first CFL match in Week 2 when the Bombers defeated the Alouettes 56–10. Streveler started the first three games of the season for the Bombers before starting quarterback Matt Nichols returned from injury. Streveler continued to be utilized as a rusher and rotational passer, and finished the season by completing 86 out of 140 passes for 1,134 yards and 11 touchdowns against 5 interceptions. On the ground, Streveler had 77 carries for 441 yards and 10 more scores.

Chris Streveler began the 2019 season as the backup quarterback to Matt Nichols. Nichols suffered an injury in Week 10 and was placed on the six-game injured reserve list, which promoted Streveler to the starting role. Despite completing only seven passes for 89 yards Streveler was able to lead the Bombers to a win thanks in part to his rushing performance in which he gained 95 yards and scored a touchdown. Streveler remained the Bombers starting quarterback for eight matches, winning three of those games and losing five. He suffered an injury in Week 19 and was relegated to the injured list for the Bombers final game of the regular season, as the team announced veteran Zach Collaros as the starting quarterback; whom the Bombers had traded for on trade deadline day only a couple weeks prior. Streveler finished 2019 with 1,564 yards passing and 8 touchdowns, compared to 14 interceptions in 17 games played. On 127 carries, he put up 726 yards and 12 more majors.