Corby Jones is a former
quarterback for the
Montreal Alouettes of the
Canadian Football League. He played college football for the
Missouri Tigers. During his two seasons as starter (1997–1998), Jones led the Tigers to their first two winning seasons in 13 years.
College career
Jones joined the Tigers' football team as the backup quarterback in 1995. Halfway through his freshman year, he lost his redshirt in a game against the
Nebraska Cornhuskers. Even after being stripped of his redshirt, he entered a three-man contest for the starting quarterback job. Jones got his chance to start for Mizzou in 1997. In his first season as starter, Jones lead the team to a 7-5 record, its first winning season in 13 years. He is perhaps best remembered for his outstanding performance in the famous
Flea Kicker game against Nebraska, nearly leading the Tigers to an upset of the #1-ranked Cornhuskers. He followed that up with an 8-4 record in 1998.
Pro career
Upon finishing up his senior season at Mizzou, Jones entered the
1999 NFL Draft
The 1999 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 17–18, 1999, at the Theater at M ...
as a projected 6th or 7th-round draft pick. It became clear that Jones' position in the
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
was unclear, but it was evident that he would not be a quarterback in the NFL. He ultimately went undrafted, and his professional career ended after playing sparingly for the
Montreal Alouettes in
1999
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.
Post-Football Life
Jones graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2003.
Jones officially joined the
Fox Sports Net crew on July 24, 2008.
In 2012, Jones founded law firm Jones Jennings, P.C. with partners Quentin Jennings and Kirra Jones. .
References
External links
Draft Profile
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Living people
University of Missouri School of Law alumni
American football quarterbacks
Missouri Tigers football players
Montreal Alouettes players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian football quarterbacks