Jarious Jackson
Edmonton Elks | |
Edmonton Eskimos (Offensive Coordinator/QB coach) | |
As player | |
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2000 | Denver Broncos |
2001 | Barcelona Dragons |
2002–2003 | Denver Broncos |
2005–2011 | BC Lions |
2012 | Toronto Argonauts |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career stats | |
Jarious K. Jackson (born May 3, 1977) is an American professional
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]
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]
College Statistics
Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ||||||||||||||||
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Season | GP | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||||
1996 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 181 | 12.1 | 3 | 0 | 234.0 | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | |||
1997 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 44.1 | 146 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | 126.8 | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 3 | |||
1998 | 11 | 104 | 188 | 55.3 | 1,740 | 9.3 | 13 | 6 | 149.5 | 113 | 441 | 3.9 | 3 | |||
1999 | 12 | 184 | 316 | 58.2 | 2,753 | 8.7 | 17 | 14 | 140.3 | 140 | 464 | 3.3 | 7 | |||
Career | 36 | 306 | 536 | 57.1 | 4,820 | 9.0 | 34 | 21 | 145.7 | 272 | 957 | 3.5 | 13 |
Professional career
Denver Broncos
Jackson was drafted in the seventh round of the
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
Toronto Argonauts
On February 22, 2012, it was announced that Jackson had signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Argonauts.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
Coaching career
Immediately upon retiring it was announced that Jackson would then begin his coaching career as the
On February 6, 2020, it was announced that Jackson was joining the Toronto Argonauts as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[12] The 2020 CFL season was cancelled, but Jackson coached for the Argonauts in 2021 where the team finished in first place in the East Division.
On January 4, 2022, Jackson formally joined the Edmonton Elks as the team's pass game coordinator and quarterbacks coach.[13] He retained the same role to begin the 2023 season, but after an 0–8 start to the season, Jackson was promoted to offensive coordinator on July 31, 2023, replacing Stephen McAdoo.[14]
Statistics
Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ a b c d e f "Jarious Jackson #7". Players. cfl.ca.
- ^ "2000 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Jarious Jackson 2005 Statistics". cfl.ca.
- ^ "Lions QB Buck Pierce says he must learn to avoid some hits to stay healthy". The Canadian Press. January 10, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Lions and Jarious Jackson agree to terms". BC Lions Football Club. February 4, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012.
- ^ Lions release veteran quarterback Jackson Archived July 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Argonauts take action and sign QB Jackson Archived October 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Boatmen release quarterback Jarious Jackson Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ex-Argo Jarious Jackson retires a Lion and becomes team's new QBs coach". Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ Jackson released by Argos; joins Lions coaching staff Archived September 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lions tab former QB Jackson to fix troubled offence - Article - TSN". TSN. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "Argos announce 2020 coaching staff". Toronto Argonauts. February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Elks announce key offensive pieces of 2022 coaching staff". Edmonton Elks. January 4, 2022.
- ^ "Elks promote Jarious Jackson to offensive coordinator". Canadian Football League. July 31, 2023.
External links
- Edmonton Elks profile
- Media related to Jarious Jackson at Wikimedia Commons