Will Cornish Repeat?

[jerrym]

This is actually a multiple part question. Perhaps, the easiest part is will Jon Cornish threepeat as a 1,000 yard rusher, having already gained 1457 yards in 2012 and 1813 yards in 2013? Despite missing seven of thirteen games, Cornish has gained 743 yards and should break 1,000 yards easily providing he doesn't miss more games due to injury. The big but here is the fact that he already missed substantial games due to concussions. Unlike some other injuries for which there can be a return to full health, we now know that concussions will always make one more susceptible to further concussions.
It should be noted that even if Cornish does threepeat as 1,000 yard rusher, having already won the rushing title in 2012 and 2013, he would not match Normie Kwong's Canadian record of four consecutive 1,000 yard seasons in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958. (http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/k/kwong_normie.htm) Still, this would be a great accomplishment as only one other Canadian, Gerry James, even rushed twice for 1,000 yards, but this was not in consecutive seasons as James won in 1955 and 1957. (http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/j/james_gerry.htm)
The next question is can Cornish win the rushing title? His main competitor is Brandon Whitaker, who won the rushing title in 2011 and leads Cornish by 21 yards. Grigsby and Allen are also in the race but the other top Canadain RB, Andrew Harris, could well be out for the season after suffering a serious ieg injury yesterday. However, IMO, Cornish is the best runner in the group and has the best shot at winning, other things (principally injuries) being equal. If he wins the rushing title, he would match Kwong's record of three Canadian rushing titles. But Cornish would have accomplished this in three consecutive seasons (2012-2014), while Kwong won only twice in a row (1955 and 1956). Kwong's third rushing title was in 1951 when he won the rushing title without gaining 1,000 yards (he had 933 yards). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFL_Rushing_Leaders)
The final question is can Cornish repeat as the Most Outstanding Player Award even if he continues to rack up well over 100 yards per game for the rest of the season, especially when he has already missed so many games? Having won the MOP award last year, this would also represent the first time a Canadian has won twice in a row. The only other Canadian to win the MOP award was Russ Jackson who won it three times, but never consecutively. He won in 1963, 1966 and 1969. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFL's_M...g_Player_Award) This would be most difficult because of a combination of factors working against it: the games missed by Cornish; it involves all players at all positions; the tendency to give it to someone who was close to winning before but didn't; and the fact that the voters tend to think that Canadians already have their own outstanding player award and therefore should not get a second won.