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3 – During High School, Jarious Jackson was a letterman in three different sports including Football, Basketball, and Track.
4 – Jarious Jackson has played for four different professional football teams, including the Denver Broncos of the NFL, Barcelona Dragons of NFLEurope, the B.C. Lions and currently the Toronto Argonauts.
7 – Jarious Jackson and his wife Jaynine have three kids, with their oldest being their son Jailen who is seven years old. They have two daughters as well, Jiselle who is 3 and baby Jayla who is 3 months old.
8 – Between the B.C. Lions and the Toronto Argonauts, Jarious Jackson has spent 8 out of his 12 professional seasons in the CFL.
10 – While with the Barcelona Dragons on the NFLEurope, Jarious Jackson played 10 games, completing 56 percent of his passes and receiving a quarterback rating of 85.9.
11 – When Buck Pierce went down from injury in the 2007 season, Jarious Jackson was given the starting job in B.C. In the 11 games he started, he had a record of 9-2, threw for 2,553 yards, and 18 TDs on 167 completions.
14 – Jacklson is 14-8 as a starter with the following stats: 337-for-604 (55.8%) for 4,796 yards, 24 Ints and 31 TD passes.
35 – Other than Noel Prefontaine and Jeff Johnson, no one on the team is older than Jarious Jackson at the ripe, young age of 35. The difference between him and Johnson? Just under 3 months!
54.1 – In his eight CFL seasons, Jarious Jackson has completed an average of 54.1 percent of his passes.
94 – In his two best seasons with B.C. (’07, ’08), Jarious Jackson ran the ball 94 times totaling for 402 yards.
214 – Jarious Jackson was drafted in the 7th round, 214th overall of the 2000 NFL Draft.
2,753 – Jarious Jackson previously held the single-season record at the University of Notre Dame for passing yards with 2,753 yards. He broke the record of legendary quarterback Joe Theismann.