By Vicki Hall
Calgary Herald

Kevin Glenn knew, through experience, he had zero chance of falling asleep on the bus ride from Edmonton to Calgary.

So the Calgary Stampeders quarterback settled in to watch two movies — Lawless and Gangster Squad — in the wee hours of Saturday morning after knocking off the Edmonton Eskimos 27-13 the night before at Commonwealth Stadium.

In the darkness, Glenn’s smartphone kept lighting up with text messages, emails and tweets from family, friends, coaches teammates — past and present.

For Friday proved a milestone evening with the 34-year-old pivot jumping over Tom Clements to move into 10th place on the CFL’s all-time passing chart with 39,211 yards.

“I’m blessed to be able to wake up this morning and be able to say I’m top-10 all-time on the CFL passing list,” Glenn said on Saturday.

Glenn broke in to the league in 2001 with Saskatchewan. He played two seasons in the Queen City before settling down in Winnipeg for five years and then Hamilton for three.

The Detroit native arrived in Calgary in 2012 as the backup to Drew Tate, but ended up carrying the load for the better part of the last two seasons.

“He’s played tremendous quarterback since he’s been a Calgary Stampeder,” says head coach/general manager John Hufnagel. “I remember when I got back into the league in ’08, and I watched the ’07 film when he played in Winnipeg.

“He had an excellent year leading that team to the Grey Cup.”

Arguably, Glenn is playing the best football of his career in Calgary. Starting in 11 games this season, Glenn has gone 207-of-310 for 2,545 yards, 17 touchdowns, and six interceptions.

Quietly, he has completed 66.8 per cent of his passes with a quarterback efficiency rating of 102.2.

Some players act like personal milestones mean nothing, but Glenn is clearly soaking up his arrival in the top-10.

“It’s just one of those things that you can take with you for the rest of your life,” he said. “Tell my kids, tell my grandkids.”

Glenn joins a top-10 that includes Anthony Calvillo, Damon Allen, Danny McManus, Henry Burris, the late Ron Lancaster, Ricky Ray, Matt Dunigan, Doug Flutie and Tracy Ham.

All of the retired players on that list are members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

A reporter asked Glenn over the weekend whether he feels he needs a ring to book his ticket into the Hall.

“That’s out of my control,” he said. “Not the ring, the part of being inducted. I don’t have any control over that . . .

“If it’s out of my control, I try not to worry about it. That’s extra stress on me. I’m not trying to get any grey hairs.”

Instead, Glenn will concentrate on a matter that is in his control.

“I’m focused on playing good football to finish off the season and go into the playoffs,” he said. “And hopefully, we’ll make another trip to the Grey Cup and win it.”