Steven Jyles was born on September 25,1982 and is an American former football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League.
17 Facts About Steven Jyles
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Steven Jyles played college football for the UL Monroe Indians and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Edmonton Eskimos in 2006.
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Steven Jyles signed with the Edmonton Eskimos prior to the 2006 CFL season on March 23,2006.
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Steven Jyles dressed in all 18 games and scored his first CFL touchdown on October 21,2006 against the Montreal Alouettes in Olympic Stadium.
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Steven Jyles again dressed for all 18 games as the third-string quarterback in 2007, seeing limited playing time behind Ricky Ray and Stefan LeFors.
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On February 8,2008, Steven Jyles was traded, along with Edmonton's 2008 2nd round CFL Draft choice, to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for Fred Perry and Saskatchewan's 2008 2nd round draft choice.
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Steven Jyles signed as a free agent with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on February 23,2010, joining his former Saskatchewan offensive co-ordinator, Paul LaPolice, who had been hired as the Blue Bombers' head coach.
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However, Pierce was again injured in that game, so Steven Jyles started the next game against Montreal.
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Steven Jyles was declared the starter for the remainder of the season, but he himself was injured in week 17 against the Toronto Argonauts, effectively ending his season and the Bombers' playoff hopes that year.
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On March 30,2011 Steven Jyles was traded to the Toronto Argonauts in exchange for a 1st round selection in the 2011 CFL Draft and a conditional draft choice in 2012.
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Steven Jyles spent the first nine games of the 2011 season on the nine-game injured list after he continued to recover from the injury he sustained during the previous season.
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Steven Jyles would go on to start the following eight games of the season, having sat out the last regular season game due to injury.
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Steven Jyles was again traded in the offseason, this time to the Eskimos on December 12,2011, along with Grant Shaw and a 2012 first round draft pick, for Ricky Ray.
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On June 24, Steven Jyles was declared the starting quarterback for 2012.
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Steven Jyles started the first eight games of the season for the Eskimos before he was demoted to 2nd and 3rd string for the remainder of the season.
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Ray went on to win the 100th Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts and Steven Jyles was released by the Eskimos on January 21,2013.
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Steven Jyles retired from the CFL before the start of training camp.