The brunt of the offseason is in the books and training camp is still off on the horizon. Join us in the NFL’s dead zone with a player-by-player review of the Jaguars roster ahead of the 2023 season.
The Jacksonville Jaguars raised eyebrows when they gave Christian Kirk a $72 million contract in free agency last year. Even Kirk admitted that he was floored by the size of the deal.
A year later, few are criticizing the Jaguars for the move.
Kirk led Jacksonville in receiving in his first year with the team, notching his first 1,000-yard season and hauling in eight touchdown grabs.
While the addition of Calvin Ridley may mean Kirk is no longer the top receiving option, it could also mean more open space for the former Arizona Cardinals receiver.
Contract (2023): $1.08 million base salary, $5 million prorated signing bonus, $500,000 roster bonus, $500,000 workout bonus, $2.884 million restructure bonus, $3 million in incentives, $11.464 million cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars signed Kirk to a four-year deal in free agency on March 16, 2022.
- 74.2 (2022)
- 72.7 (2021 – AZ)
- 62.3 (2020 – AZ)
- 62.5 (2019 – AZ)
- 70.3 (2018 – AZ)
Statistics:
- 84 receptions, 1,108 yards, eight touchdowns (2022)
- 77 receptions, 982 yards, five touchdowns (2021 – AZ)
- 48 receptions, 621 yards, six touchdowns (2020 – AZ)
- 68 receptions, 709 yards, three touchdowns (2019 – AZ)
- 43 receptions, 590 yards, three touchdowns (2018 – AZ)
Highlight:
Christian Kirk is deadly from the slot. pic.twitter.com/m565mYoEer
— Fitz (@LaurieFitzptrck) November 13, 2022
Quote: “I show up to work and try to be the best that I can for this football team. Whatever we can do to help win football games, if at the end of the year we’re holding up a Super Bowl trophy, I could care less if I’m receiver No. 1, 2, or 7. As long as I’m there and I’ve had a part in getting that.” – Kirk
| Calvin Ridley (No. 0) | Travis Etienne Jr. (No. 1) | Rayshawn Jenkins (No. 2) | C.J. Beathard (No. 3) | Tank Bigsby (No. 4) | Andre Cisco (No. 5) |
| Chris Claybrooks (No. 6) | Zay Jones (No. 7) | Logan Cooke (No. 9) | Parker Washington (No. 11) | James McCourt (No. 12) | Christian Kirk (No. 13) |
| Kendric Pryor (No. 14) | Tim Jones (No. 15) | Trevor Lawrence (No. 16) | Evan Engram (No. 17) | Nathan Rourke (No. 18) | Sammis Reyes (No. 19) |
| Daniel Thomas (No. 20) | Latavious Brini (No. 21) | JaMycal Hasty (No. 22) | Foyesade Oluokun (No. 23) | Snoop Conner (No. 24) | D’Ernest Johnson (No. 25) |
| Antonio Johnson (No. 26) | Divaad Wilson (No. 27) | Tevaughn Campbell (No. 29) | Montaric Brown (No. 30) | Darious Williams (No. 31) | Tyson Campbell (No. 32) |
| Devin Lloyd (No. 33) | Gregory Junior (No. 34) | Ayo Oyelola (No. 35) | Christian Braswell (No. 36) | Tre Herndon (No. 37) | Qadree Ollison (No. 38) |
| Jamal Agnew (No. 39) | Erick Hallett (No. 40) | Josh Allen (No. 41) | Andrew Wingard (No. 42) | Kaleb Hayes (No. 43) | Derek Parish (No. 43) |
| Travon Walker (No. 44) | K’Lavon Chaisson (No. 45) | Ross Matiscik (No. 46) | De’Shaan Dixon (No. 47) | Chad Muma (No. 48) | Leonard Taylor (No. 49) |
| Shaquille Quarterman (No. 50) | Ventrell Miller (No. 51) | DaVon Hamilton (No. 52) | Willie Taylor III (No. 53) | DJ Coleman (No. 54) | Dequan Jackson (No. 55) |
| Yasir Abdullah (No. 56) | Caleb Johnson (No. 57) | Raymond Vohasek (No. 59) | Darryl Williams (No. 60) | Samuel Jackson (No. 62) | Coy Cronk (No. 64) |
| Chandler Brewer (No. 67) | Brandon Scherff (No. 68) | Tyler Shatley (No. 69) | Cole Van Lanen (No. 70) | Walker Little (No. 72) | Blake Hance (No. 73) |
| Cam Robinson (No. 74) | Cooper Hodges (No. 75) | Anton Harrison (No. 76) | Josh Wells (No. 77) | Ben Bartch (No. 78) | Luke Fortner (No. 79) |
| Kevin Austin Jr. (No. 80) | Seth Williams (No. 81) | Elijah Cooks (No. 84) | Brenton Strange (No. 85) | Gerrit Prince (No. 86) | Jaray Jenkins (No. 87) |
| Oliver Martin (No. 88) | Luke Farrell (No. 89) | Henry Mondeaux (No. 90) | Jordan Smith (No. 92) | Tyler Lacy (No. 93) | Folorunso Fatukasi (No. 94) |
| Roy Robertson-Harris (No. 95) | Adam Gotsis (No. 96) | Nick Thurman (No. 97) | Michael Dogbe (No. 98) | Jeremiah Ledbetter (No. 99) | Brandon McManus |
| Jacob Harris |
