Christion Jones was born on December 20,1992 and is an American former professional football player who was a kick returner and running back in the Canadian Football League.
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Christion Jones played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and professionally for the CFL s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos.
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Christion Jones returned 66 punts for 719 yards including three touchdowns and returned 68 kickoffs for 1,727 yards and two touchdowns.
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On March 2,2016, Christion Jones was signed by the Dolphins but was later released on May 2,2016.
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On May 17,2016, Christion Jones signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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Christion Jones made his regular season professional football debut on August 13,2017 versus the BC Lions.
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Christion Jones played in ten games that season, returning 45 punts for 645 yards and two touchdowns, as well as 18 kickoffs for 423 yards.
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Christion Jones made his biggest impression against the Toronto Argonauts in the 2017 CFL East Final, when he returned a 79-yard punt for a touchdown to put the Roughriders up late in the game in a losing cause.
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Christion Jones was named the team's Most Outstanding Special Teams Player for 2017.
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On December 27,2017, Christion Jones signed an extension with the Roughriders that would keep him on the team through the 2019 season.
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Christion Jones was traded to the Edmonton Eskimos on August 5,2019 in exchange for wide receiver Kenny Stafford.
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On June 27,2020 on the day of Global Pride, Christion Jones made a now deleted post expressing homophobia on Twitter, and extensively defended the original post throughout the day.
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Christion Jones was released by the Eskimos the next day; he apologized 8 minutes prior to his release being made public.
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The CFL added a statement concurrent with the release of Christion Jones, expressing support for the LGBTQ+ community.