Jarious Jackson

Jarious K. Jackson (born May 3, 1977) is a professional Canadian football offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has also been the quarterbacks coach for the Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and BC Lions. Jackson played professionally in the CFL for eight seasons with the Lions and one year with the Argonauts where he won three Grey Cup championships in 2006, 2011, and 2012. He has also been a member of the Denver Broncos (NFL), to whom he was drafted 214th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft, and the Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe). Jackson played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Jarious Jackson
Toronto Argonauts
Born: (1977-05-03) May 3, 1977
Tupelo, Mississippi
Career information
CFL statusAmerican
Position(s)OC/QC
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight232 lb (105 kg)
CollegeNotre Dame
High schoolTupelo (MS)
NFL draft2000 / Round: 7 / Pick: 214
Drafted byDenver Broncos
HandRight
Career history
As coach
2013BC Lions (QB coach)
2014–2015Edmonton Eskimos (QB coach/Passing Game Coordinator/Player Development)
2016–2017Saskatchewan Roughriders (QB coach/Passing Game Coordinator/Player Development)
2018–2019BC Lions (Offensive coordinator/QB coach)
2020–presentToronto Argonauts (Offensive coordinator/QB coach)
As player
2000Denver Broncos
2001Barcelona Dragons
2002–2003Denver Broncos
2005–2011BC Lions
2012Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
Career stats

High school

Jackson attended Tupelo High School in Tupelo, Mississippi, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he won SuperPrep All-America honors.[1] His center was Andy “Meatloaf” Shirley.

College career

Jackson attended the University of Notre Dame, where he was a two-year starter and set school single-season records for passing yards (2,753), completions (184), and attempts (316) as a senior during the 1999 season. In the process, he broke the yardage mark held by the legendary Joe Theismann. (All of Jackson's records were subsequently broken by Brady Quinn.) Jackson also threw for 17 touchdowns during his senior year, ranking third behind Ron Powlus and Rick Mirer. He was second on the team in rushing with 140 carries for 464 yards (3.3 avg) and 7 scores.[1]

Professional career

Denver Broncos

Jackson was drafted in the 7th round of the 2000 NFL Draft, 214th overall, by the Denver Broncos. Pro scouts projected that Jackson could develop into a solid NFL quarterback if placed into the right system. However, after four seasons as a Bronco backup, he saw action in only five games, completing 11 of 22 passes for 114 yards.[1]

Barcelona Dragons

Jackson also spent one season (2001) in Barcelona, as part of NFL Europe, where he competed in the 2001 World Bowl.[1]

BC Lions

In 2004, Jackson signed onto the practice squad of the BC Lions in the CFL. He began 2005 on the practice squad, but was elevated to the active roster when CFL superstars Dave Dickenson and Casey Printers went down with injuries.[1] He saw action in 2 games, had 3 completions out of 6 attempts for a total of 30 yards and rushed four times for a total of 35 yards.[2]

At the beginning of 2006 season, Jackson began as the third-string quarterback, behind Dickenson and Buck Pierce. However, with alternating injuries to Dickenson and Pierce, he made appearances in all but the final regular season game.[1] 2007 proved, however, to be Jackson's break-out season as he became starting quarterback when Dickenson and Pierce were both out with injuries.[3] For the 11 games Jackson was starting, he had a record of 9–2, threw for 2,553 yards, 18 TDs on 167 completions and 10 interceptions. On February 4, 2008, Jackson re-signed with the Lions 12 days before qualifying as a free-agent.[4] At the beginning of the 2008 season, he was the back-up to Buck Pierce, but has started some games. His only pass in the Western semi-final was a touchdown toss to Geroy Simon.

He was released by the Lions on February 1, 2012.[5]

Toronto Argonauts

On February 22, 2012, it was announced that Jackson had signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Argonauts.[6] He dressed in all 18 games, starting in four, and was a member of the 100th Grey Cup winning team while throwing a touchdown pass in that game. On February 4, 2013, he was released by the Toronto Argonauts.[7]

Shortly after his release from the Argonauts, it was announced that Jackson would sign a one-day contract with the BC Lions so that he could retire as a Lion.[8]

Coaching career

Immediately upon retiring it was announced that Jackson would then begin his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for the Lions.[9] After coaching in BC for one year (2013) he spent the next couple seasons as the quarterbacks coach for both the Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatchewan Roughriders before being named the BC Lions' Offensive Coordinator for the 2018 season.[10] He retained the position for the 2019 BC Lions season, but after a disappointing year, his contract was not renewed for 2020.

On February 6, 2020, it was announced that Jackson was joining the Toronto Argonauts as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[11]

Statistics
  Passing   Rushing
Year Team Games Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Rating Att Yards Avg Long TD Fumb
2000 DEN 2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 39.6 1 −1 −1.0 −1 0 0
2001 BAR 10 223 125 56.1 1,544 13 6 85.9 43 287 6.7 21 2
2001 DEN 1 12 7 58.3 73 0 0 76.0 5 7 1.4 0 2
2002 DEN 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2003 DEN 1 9 4 44.4 41 0 1 18.5 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
2004 BC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 BC 8 6 3 50.0 60 0 0 64.6 4 35 8.8 21 0 0
2006 BC 18 79 37 46.8 477 3 2 68.4 46 137 3.0 15 1 0
2007 BC 18 304 167 54.9 2,553 18 10 88.9 49 265 5.4 18 3 9
2008 BC 18 288 158 54.9 2,164 17 10 84.3 63 362 5.7 25 2 4
2009 BC 10 155 90 58.1 1,252 12 8 88.4 32 143 4.5 14 2 5
2010 BC 18 48 26 54.2 293 0 3 46.6 11 26 2.4 7 0 0
2011 BC 18 39 18 46.2 263 1 2 55.8 22 80 3.6 17 0 2
2012 TOR 18 135 72 53.3 846 4 3 73.3 42 122 2.9 15 3 0
CFL totals 126 1,054 571 54.2 7,878 55 38 80.8 269 1,170 4.3 25 11 20

Notes
  1. "Jarious Jackson #7". Players. cfl.ca.
  2. "Jarious Jackson 2005 Statistics". cfl.ca.
  3. "Lions QB Buck Pierce says he must learn to avoid some hits to stay healthy". The Canadian Press. January 10, 2008.
  4. "Lions and Jarious Jackson agree to terms". BC Lions Football Club. February 4, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
  5. Lions release veteran quarterback Jackson Archived July 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Argonauts take action and sign QB Jackson Archived October 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Boatmen release quarterback Jarious Jackson Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Ex-Argo Jarious Jackson retires a Lion and becomes team's new QBs coach". Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  9. Jackson released by Argos; joins Lions coaching staff Archived September 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Lions tab former QB Jackson to fix troubled offence - Article - TSN". TSN. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  11. "Argos announce 2020 coaching staff". Toronto Argonauts. February 6, 2020.
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