The Roos finished 3rd on the ladder at the end of the home and away season and Jones kicked 46 goals for the year, including a bag of seven against Hawthorn in Round 17 at Aurora Stadium, to be the club's leading goal scorer for the year.

Jones did not play in the finals series, ruled out with a broken foot that was niggling him all of the second half of the season.

[5] However, he only played one game in the first half of the 2009 season,[6] with a rift with coach Dean Laidley blamed for his demotion to the reserves team, North Ballarat.

[7][8] After Laidley resigned and Darren Crocker took over as the caretaker coach, Jones played in nine of the remaining eleven matches.

It is reported that Corey has signed a 2-year contract with Bendigo Football League side, Golden Square, as a playing Development Coach