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{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Steven Jyles
| team =
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|9|25}}
| birth_place = [[Independence, Louisiana]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| position = Quarterback
| uniform_number = 7, 3, 9
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 211
| college = [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|UL Monroe]] (2002–2005)
| high_school =
| CFLDraftedYear = 2006
| CFLDraftedRound = Undrafted
| playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2006|2007}}
| playing_team1 = [[Edmonton Eskimos]]
| playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|2008|2009}}
| playing_team2 = [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]]
| playing_years3 = {{CFL Year|2010}}
| playing_team3 = [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]]
| playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|2011}}
| playing_team4 = [[Toronto Argonauts]]
| playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|2012}}
| playing_team5 = Edmonton Eskimos
| playing_years6 = {{CFL Year|2014}}
| playing_team6 = [[BC Lions]]
| career_highlights =
* [[Sun Belt Conference football individual awards#Player of the Year|Sun Belt Player of the Year]] (2005)
* [[Sun Belt Conference football individual awards#Offensive Player of the Year|Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year]] (2005)
* First-team All-[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]] ([[2005 Sun Belt Conference football season|2005]])
| awards =
| honors =
| statlabel1 = Passing attempts
| statvalue1 = 908
| statlabel2 = Passing completions
| statvalue2 = 541
| statlabel3 = Completion percentage
| statvalue3 = 59.6%
| statlabel4 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4 = 37–35
| statlabel5 = Passing yards
| statvalue5 = 7,075
| statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6 = 81.7
| CFL-archive = https://web.archive.org/web/20150930171500/http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3911
}}

'''Steven Jyles''' (born September 25, 1982) is an American former [[Gridiron football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football|UL Monroe Indians]] and was signed as an [[undrafted free agent]] by the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] in 2006. Jyles was also a member of the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]], the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]], the [[Toronto Argonauts]], and the [[BC Lions]].

==Professional football==

===Edmonton Eskimos (first stint)===
Steven Jyles signed with the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] prior to the [[2006 CFL season]] on March 23, 2006.<ref>[https://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos_ink_qb Eskimos ink QB]</ref> He dressed in all 18 games and scored his first CFL [[touchdown]] on October 21, 2006 against the [[Montreal Alouettes]] in [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]]. He again dressed for all 18 games as the third-string quarterback in [[2007 Edmonton Eskimos season|2007]], seeing limited playing time behind [[Ricky Ray]] and [[Stefan LeFors]].

===Saskatchewan Roughriders===
On February 8, 2008, Jyles was traded, along with Edmonton's 2008 2nd round [[2008 CFL Draft|CFL Draft]] choice, to the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] for [[Fred Perry (Canadian football)|Fred Perry]] and Saskatchewan's 2008 2nd round draft choice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos_trade_for_all_star_rush_end |title=Eskimos trade for all-star rush end | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League |access-date=2017-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915020409/http://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos_trade_for_all_star_rush_end |archive-date=2012-09-15 }}</ref> He made his first career start against his former team, the Eskimos, on October 25, 2008 in a 55–9 win (although Jyles would be pulled at halftime). He completed his first professional touchdown pass against the [[BC Lions]] in week 2 to [[Andy Fantuz]] in a 26–16 win.

In [[2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|2009]], he competed against [[Darian Durant]] for the open quarterback position, following [[Michael Bishop (American football)|Michael Bishop]]'s off-season release. Durant would win this battle and he would not relinquish the role as he started all 18 games that season. Subsequently, Jyles saw little playing time.

===Winnipeg Blue Bombers===
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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-sign-qb-jyles-release-bishop| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100227085056/http://www.cfl.ca/article/bombers-sign-qb-jyles-release-bishop| archive-date = 2010-02-27| title = CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League}}</ref> It was initially thought that Jyles would have an excellent chance to be the starting quarterback for the team after they had released incumbent Michael Bishop, but two months later, the team announced that they had signed [[Buck Pierce]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cfl.ca/article/winnipeg-the-buck-stops-here| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100421072413/http://www.cfl.ca/article/winnipeg-the-buck-stops-here| archive-date = 2010-04-21| title = CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League}}</ref> meaning Jyles would be relegated to backup duty.

Pierce started the [[2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|2010 season]] as the starter, but was injured in game 3, meaning that Jyles would get the next start, again against Edmonton. After winning his first game as a Bomber against Edmonton, he would lose his next two before Pierce returned from injury to start game 7 against the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]]. However, Pierce was again injured in that game, so Jyles started the next game against [[Montreal Alouettes|Montreal]]. Pierce came back for the [[Labour Day Classic]] against the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]], but, for his third consecutive start, was injured in the game. 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluebombers.com/roster/show/id/469 |title=Winnipeg Blue Bombers |access-date=2010-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105014754/http://bluebombers.com/roster/show/id/469 |archive-date=2010-01-05 }}</ref>

===Toronto Argonauts===
On March 30, 2011 Jyles was traded to the [[Toronto Argonauts]] in exchange for a 1st round selection (4th overall) in the [[2011 CFL Draft]] and a conditional draft choice in [[2012 CFL Draft|2012]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=360142 |title=Bombers trade QB Jyles to Argos for fourth overall draft pick |website=www.tsn.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406191511/http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=360142 |archive-date=2011-04-06}} </ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cfl.ca/article/jumping-ship-argos-get-jyles-from-bombers| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110402234852/http://www.cfl.ca/article/jumping-ship-argos-get-jyles-from-bombers| archive-date = 2011-04-02| title = CFL.ca - Official Site of the Canadian Football League}}</ref> Jyles spent the first nine games of the [[2011 Toronto Argonauts season|2011 season]] on the nine-game injured list after he continued to recover from the injury he sustained during the previous season. After incumbent starting quarterback [[Cleo Lemon]] was released on September 6, 2011, Jyles was named the starter for the team's game against the [[BC Lions]] on September 10, 2011.<ref>https://www.cfl.ca/article/squeezed-out-cleo-lemon-cut-by-argonauts Squeezed out: Cleo Lemon cut by Argonauts</ref> Jyles would go on to start the following eight games of the season, having sat out the last regular season game due to injury.

===Edmonton Eskimos (second stint)===
Jyles was again traded in the offseason, this time to the Eskimos on December 12, 2011, along with [[Grant Shaw]] and a [[2012 CFL Draft|2012]] first round draft pick, for [[Ricky Ray]]. On June 24, Jyles was declared the starting quarterback for 2012.<ref>https://www.cfl.ca/article/ray-day-argos-land-new-starting-qb Ray Day! Argos land new starting QB</ref> 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. Ray went on to win the [[100th Grey Cup]] with the [[Toronto Argonauts]] and Jyles was released by the Eskimos on January 21, 2013.<ref>https://www.cfl.ca/article/eskimos-release-quarterback-steven-jyles Jyles released by Eskimos</ref>

===BC Lions===
On April 7, 2014, Jyles was signed by the [[BC Lions]] to compete for a back-up role to entrenched starter, [[Travis Lulay]]. He retired from the CFL before the start of training camp.<ref>[http://cfl.ca/article/report-veteran-pivot-jyles-signs-on-with-lions Lions add veteran Jyles to QB stable]</ref>

==Statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="65%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="9" | Passing
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="6" | Rushing
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Games
! Started
! Att
! Comp
! Pct
! Yards
! TD
! Int
! Rating
! Att
! Yards
! Avg
! Long
! TD
! Fumb
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006 CFL season|2006]]
| [[2006 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
| 18
| 0
| 11
| 6
| 54.5
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 65.7
| 3
| 7
| 2.3
| 4
| 1
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2007 CFL season|2007]]
| [[2007 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
| 18
| 0
| 40
| 19
| 47.5
| 214
| 0
| 3
| 32.7
| 20
| 80
| 4.0
| 23
| 3
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008 CFL season|2008]]
| [[2008 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|SSK]]
| 18
| 1
| 61
| 42
| 68.9
| 533
| 4
| 6
| 76.7
| 14
| 114
| 8.1
| 22
| 0
| 1
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2009 CFL season|2009]]
| [[2009 Saskatchewan Roughriders season|SSK]]
| 18
| 0
| 40
| 25
| 62.5
| 290
| 1
| 2
| 71.9
| 24
| 102
| 4.3
| 21
| 4
| 1
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010 CFL season|2010]]
| [[2010 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season|WPG]]
| 16
| 11
| 318
| 196
| 61.6
| 2,804
| 19
| 7
| 100.9
| 65
| 452
| 7.0
| 32
| 4
| 8
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2011 CFL season|2011]]
| [[2011 Toronto Argonauts season|TOR]]
| 8
| 8
| 218
| 124
| 56.9
| 1,430
| 7
| 11
| 66.5
| 53
| 429
| 8.1
| 24
| 1
| 5
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012 CFL season|2012]]
| [[2012 Edmonton Eskimos season|EDM]]
| 9
| 9
| 220
| 109
| 58.6
| 1,756
| 6
| 6
| 81.9
| 18
| 112
| 6.2
| 15
| 0
| 3
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="2" | [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] totals
! 105
! 29
! 908
! 541
! 59.6
! 7,075
! 37
! 35
! 81.7
! 197
! 1,296
! 6.6
! 32
! 13
! 18
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140408221705/http://www.bclions.com/roster/show/id/3911 BC Lions bio]

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