Twelve-gauge is loading the barrel once again.
According to multiple reports, former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones will be working out with the Las Vegas Raiders in an attempt to find a home this upcoming season. He is a part of several players the organization will be bringing in to get a look at.
You know the story of Jones well at this point. He was a third-stringer at OSU before injury befell both Braxton Miller before the 2014 season and J.T. Barrett at the tail-end of the year. In stepped Jones and embraced the challenge, winning every game he started on the way to a postseason run that many will never forget, eventually beating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and capping it off with a win over Oregon in the first-ever Collge Football Playoff national championship game.
Jones decided to come back for one more year in 2015 but didn’t have quite the same success, eventually losing the starting job to J.T. Barrett midway through the 2015 season. Still, with his rocket arm and size, Jones was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He has since struggled to find a home in the NFL, eventually landing on the rosters of Los Angeles Chargers and Seattle Seahawks as well.
Can confirm that former Ohio State QB Cardale Jones is among the players the @Raiders will take a look at over the next couple of days.
— Vincent Bonsignore (@VinnyBonsignore) August 21, 2020
With the reboot of the XFL, Jones also tried his hand as one of the stars of the league as the quarterback for the D.C. Defenders but struggled with consistency before the league was canceled in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Now, Jones gets another crack to impress the NFL’s Raiders and head coach John Gruden in Sin City.
We’ll keep an eye on how this all goes down for Jones. He’s a shiny toy nobody has quite been able to corral and figure out how to use yet, and you figure this could be one of his last opportunities to stick somewhere.