Brian Jones (wide receiver)

Brian Jones
No. 89     Saskatchewan Roughriders
Brian Jones before a Toronto Argonauts game in 2018.
Born: (1994-04-22) April 22, 1994
Enfield, Nova Scotia
Career information
Status Active
CFL status National
Position(s) WR
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 233 lb (106 kg)
CIS Acadia Axemen
CFL draft 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Drafted by Toronto Argonauts
Career history
As player
2016–2018 Toronto Argonauts
2018–present Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career stats

Brian Jones (born April 22, 1994) is a professional Canadian football wide receiver who currently plays for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). In the CFL's Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings, he was ranked as the tenth best of the players eligible in the 2016 CFL Draft.[1] He was then drafted fourth overall by the Toronto Argonauts and signed with the team on May 29, 2016.[2] He played Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football with the Acadia Axemen.

Jones dressed for 12 games for the Argonauts in 2016, his rookie season, and started four. He made 12 receptions for 128 yards and a touchdown. He dressed in nine games in 2017 and three in 2018, but didn't record any receptions. On August 20, 2018, he was traded to Saskatchewan for a seventh-round pick in the 2019 CFL Draft.

References

  1. ↑ ONYEMATA TAKES TOP SPOT IN CFL SCOUTING BUREAU FINAL RANKINGS, Canadian Football League, 26 April 2016, retrieved 26 April 2016 .
  2. ↑ First-round draft Pick Brian Jones signs with Argos


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