The Edmonton Elks take a page out of Ohio State’s playbook, turning to Cardale Jones to replace J.T. Barrett after Barrett was moved to the retired list with an injury.
This isn’t the first time a football team has called upon Jones after an injury to Barrett, of course, as Jones famously led Ohio State to the 2014 college football national championship after Barrett went down with a season-ending ankle injury.
For Jones, it will be his first opportunity to play professional football since he played for the D.C. Defenders during the first XFL reboot in 2020. The signing comes less than two months after Jones participated in Ohio State’s pro day, where he threw passes to Ohio State draft prospects Chris Booker and Master Teague as well as former Ohio Dominican wide receiver David Turner and former Fisk University basketball player-turned-tight end Malik Smith .
Jones has also been keeping busy with multiple other ventures – he’s the chief talent officer for NIL agency Ten Talents and the co-founder of The Foundation, one of the two collectives that is funding name, image and likeness deals for Ohio State athletes – but told reporters at Ohio State’s pro day that he wasn’t ready to be done playing football quite yet.
“It's a thin line because a lot of my focus right now is on the NIL world and helping the athletes of Ohio, in particular Ohio State, capitalize on their name, image and likeness,”Now, Jones is getting that shot to play professionally again north of the border.
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