Khari Jones Khari Okang Jones [ ke - HAR - ee ] ( born May 16 , 1971 in Hammond , Indiana ) is a retired professional Canadian football player and current quarterbacks coach for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . He is also a former television sports reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Jones played quarterback in the CFL , where he enjoyed his most success with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . Jones also played briefly for the Arena Football League ' s Albany Firebirds and the World League of American Football ' s Scottish Claymores . College career . Jones was a record setting college quarterback at the University of California , Davis , where in two seasons as a starter he became the first UC Davis quarterback to pass for over 3 , 000 yards and over 50 touchdowns in a season , while leading the Aggies to a 17 - 2 - 1 record during his junior and senior seasons ( 1992 – 1993 ) . In 2000 , Jones was inducted into the UC Davis Aggies Hall of Fame . It is important to note that during these formative college years , while he might have singularly focused upon his athletic career , he chose to also focus on the Dramatic Arts . Notable roles include the part of Juan Perón in " Evita " , and of Vladimir , in Samuel Beckett ' s " Waiting For Godot " . Jones is married to another UC Davis alumnus , Justine . They have two daughters together , Jaelyn and Siena . Arena Football League . Jones joined the Arena Football League ' s Albany Firebirds in 1995 . For the next two seasons , he received very little playing time , making only 3 out of 5 pass completions in his first season , and 3 out of 4 pass completions in 1996 . Canadian Football League . In 1997 , Jones signed with the BC Lions . Jones played very little during his three - year tenure with the Lions , as he was relegated to the backup spot behind incumbent quarterback Damon Allen . In 2000 , Jones joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . Though he initially served as a backup to Kerwin Bell , Jones eventually won the starting job during the middle of the 2000 season , thereby clearing the way for the Bombers to release Bell in midseason . In 2001 , Jones was the CFLs Most Outstanding Player after leading the Bombers to a 14 - 4 record , including 12 straight wins . Jones was the Bombers quarterback in the 2001 Grey Cup in Montreal , where heavily favoured Winnipeg lost to the Calgary Stampeders , 27 - 19 . Jones ' following season ( 2002 ) was even better statistically , which included 5 , 353 passing yards and 46 touchdown passes . Jones is one of only four quarterbacks in CFL history to pass for over 40 touchdowns in one season ( Doug Flutie , Peter Liske , and Anthony Calvillo are the only others to do so ) . From 2000 to 2002 , Jones ' 107 touchdown passes exceeded the record by any other quarterback in the CFL or NFL over the same period of time . In four seasons with Winnipeg , Jones set seventeen Bomber passing records , including throwing for five touchdowns in a game four times in one season . During the 2004 CFL season , Jones was traded from the Blue Bombers to the Calgary Stampeders , partially due to a shoulder injury which had affected his play . In the off - season between the 2004 and 2005 seasons , the Stampeders signed free agent Henry Burris and Jones was released . Jones attended the Edmonton Eskimos training camp at the beginning of the 2005 CFL season , but with the Eskimos signing Ricky Ray ( and already having the 2004 season starter Jason Maas ) , Jones was released again . Midway through the 2005 season he signed with the Hamilton Tiger - Cats but was released after eight games . Prior to the 2006 season Jones was signed by the Eskimos only to be released by them once more on June 10 , 2006 as part of training camp cuts . Three days later , on June 13 , 2006 , the CBC announced that Jones would be their sideline reporter for their " CFL on CBC " broadcasts . On October 17 , 2007 , Jones inked a standard one - year contract plus an option with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and then signed his retirement papers right after . The paperwork means Jones officially retires as a Bomber , the team he had the most success with during his four - team , nine - year CFL career . Coaching career . In 2009 , Jones began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for the Hamilton Tiger - Cats under head coach Marcel Bellefeuille . In 2011 , he was promoted to offensive coordinator and helped the team to an appearance in the East Final . On January 3 , 2012 , he was announced as part of the coaching staff for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as their quarterbacks coach .