VANCOUVER — Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Brady Oliveira is once again writing his name into CFL history, just days before playing in another Gray Cup.

The national defenseman was named George Reed 2024 Most Outstanding Player on Thursday night in Vancouver, after being named the league’s Most Outstanding Canadian Player for the second consecutive season.

These awards celebrate a season in which Oliveira led the league in rushing yards (1,353) for the second straight season, becoming the first player to accomplish this feat since Andrew Harris from 2017 to 2019.

Oliveira has now eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark in each of the last three seasons. The former North Dakota Fighting Hawk also led the CFL in yards from scrimmage (1,829) for a second straight year, while earning a nomination for the George Reed Most Valuable Player Award in consecutive seasons .

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Oliveira helped Winnipeg turn around a season in which it didn’t win a game until week five. The Bombers went on a stretch that saw them win 11 of their final 14 games of the regular season to capture another West Division title.

The Bleu et Or then defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders to win their fifth consecutive Gray Cup appearance. In the West Final, Oliveira carried the ball 20 times for 119 yards and a major, while also adding two catches for 22 yards.

The Winnipeg native was facing Hamilton’s Bo Levi Mitchell, who cemented his place in Tiger-Cats lore by setting a team record – and a new personal best – 5,451 passing yards, including nine games with more than 300 yards and two over 400. is the only center to eclipse the 5,000 passing yard mark in the last six years, and he led the league with 32 touchdown passes. This was Mitchell’s fourth MOP nomination, winning in 2016 and 2018.