Chris Szarka
Chris Szarka
Born: February 12, 1975
Vancouver, BC
Position: FB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 235
College: East Illinois
High School: Terry Fox (Port Coquitlam, BC)
Career: 1997-2010
Chris Szarka played from 1997 to 2010 during his career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Szarka ran for 1,703 yards in his career on 423 attempts, scoring 33 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 98 passes for 1,308 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 24 | 149 | 6.2 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 51 | 243 | 4.8 | 37 | 3 |
| 2002 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 104 | 424 | 4.1 | 25 | 5 |
| 2003 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 87 | 324 | 3.7 | 30 | 11 |
| 2004 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 36 | 115 | 3.2 | 12 | 3 |
| 2005 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 43 | 165 | 3.8 | 16 | 3 |
| 2006 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 9 | 0 |
| 2007 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25 | 104 | 4.2 | 14 | 1 |
| 2008 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| 2009 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 36 | 6 |
| 2010 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 5 | 1 |
| Totals | 423 | 1703 | 4.0 | 37 | 33 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 21 | 1 |
| 1998 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12 | 168 | 14.0 | 45 | 0 |
| 1999 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 42 | 0 |
| 2000 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13 | 174 | 13.4 | 35 | 1 |
| 2001 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 58 | 0 |
| 2002 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9 | 145 | 16.1 | 33 | 0 |
| 2003 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 31 | 1 |
| 2004 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 53 | 1 |
| 2005 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 21 | 1 |
| 2007 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11 | 158 | 14.4 | 29 | 0 |
| 2008 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| 2009 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2010 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 98 | 1308 | 13.3 | 58 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| 2005 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2006 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 2009 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| 2010 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 14 | 132 | 9.4 | 24 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Def | ST | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1998 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 12 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1999 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 2000 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 2001 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2002 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 2003 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 2004 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2005 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2006 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 2008 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2009 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 2010 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Totals | 69 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1997 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1998 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 2000 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 2001 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 2002 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 2003 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
| 2004 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 2005 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 2006 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 2007 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2008 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 2009 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| 2010 | CFL Saskatchewan Roughriders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 242 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 8 | 1 |
| 2000 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 16 |
| 2001 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 16 | 16 |
| 2002 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 18 |
| 2003 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 13 | 13 |
| 2005 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 18 |
| 2006 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 18 |
| 2007 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 15 | |
| 2008 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 14 | 5 |
| 2009 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 0 |
| 2010 | CFL | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 17 | 0 |
Honors
2005 - CFL CFLPA All-Star
2006 - CFL CFLPA All-Star
2007 - CFL CFLPA All-Star
