Career
Foreign the baseball player, see Jason Jiménez. He most recently played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He went to The University of Southern Mississippi where he earned joint degrees in Political science and Criminal justice while playing for the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.
In 2003, Jimenez played on the practice squad for the Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers of the NFL. He was signed by the Packers in January 2004 and released in September 2004.
The Raiders assigned him to the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe in 2005. The British Columbia Lions signed him on January 31, 2006.
In 2008, he was named a Canadian Football League All-Star. On January 29, 2010, Jimenez was released by the Lions after playing 71 games over a four-year period.
Jimenez signed as a free agent with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on February 23, 2010.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jason Jimenez is considered to be one of the dirtiest players in the Canadian Football League. Jimenez was suspended by the Canadian Football League for one game but later successfully appealed the suspension. Later, while playing with the Hamilton Tiger Cats, Jimenez was accused of making an illegal late hit from behind to the knee of a former teammate which resulted in a fine.
