The Jacksonville Jaguars went into their most recent game against the Indianapolis Colts relatively healthy but unfortunately loss two players for the rest of the season. The team announced that both tight end Josh Oliver and defensive end Lerentee McCray were placed on injured reserve with back and hamstring injuries, respectively.
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Jaguars are putting TE Josh Oliver (back) and LB Lerentee McCray on IR today and will promote TE Charles Jones from the practice squad and sign TE Nick O'Leary.
— Michael DiRocco (@ESPNdirocco) November 18, 2019
As we previously mentioned Monday afternoon, the Jags added veteran tight end Nick O’Leary to the roster with Oliver’s situation and practice squad tight end Charles Jones was promoted to fill McCray’s spot. The Jags also filled Jones practice squad spot with the signing of tight end Matt Sokol.
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Jones was signed as an undrafted rookie to the practice squad after the Jags made their final cuts. He played collegiately at Tulane where he garnered a career total of 61 catches for 460 yards and eight touchdowns.
As for Sokol, he previously signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as and undrafted rookie back in May out of Michigan State. While with the Spartans, he accumulated a career total of 31 catches for 348 yards and two touchdowns. He also participated in all four of the Chargers’ 2019 preseason games and hauled in a catch for 17 yards.