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 addressed needs and holes on the roster in the 2023 NFL draft, finding a replacement for Jawaan Taylor in Anton Harrison late in the first round. But the Jaguars finished their draft class with a unique and creative choice.
A year after not carrying a single fullback on the roster, the Jaguars picked former Houston Cougars pass rusher Derek Parish in the seventh round with hopes of converting him to the offensive side of the ball.
While Parish was a productive player in college with 16 sacks and 32.5 tackles for loss in 48 career games, his 6’1, 241-pound frame with 29.25-inch arms doesn’t translate well to a career chasing NFL quarterbacks. However, his abundant athleticism could prove useful elsewhere.
Jacksonville hopes it can turn Parish into the Swiss Army knife player that Kyle Juszczyk has become for the San Francisco 49ers.
Contract (2023): $750,000 base salary, $21,310 prorated signing bonus, $771,310 salary cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars drafted Parish with the No. 240 overall pick in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL draft.
PFF grades (Defense):
- 91.0 (2022 – Houston)
- 84.7 (2021 – Houston)
- 80.9 (2020 – Houston
- 80.8 (2019 – Houston)
- 77.3 (2018 – Houston)
Statistics:
- Five sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, 20 tackles (2022)
- Four sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 42 tackles (2021)
- 3.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles (2020)
- Two sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, 38 tackles (2019)
- 1.5 sacks, two tackles for loss, 21 tackles (2018)
Highlight:
— Follow @TPortalCFB (@CowardlyDoggo) September 10, 2022
Quote: “Two-way player. Just learn my role at fullback and let ’em know I’ve still got it on the defensive side. That’s the goal. Right now, just fullback. Understanding that role and understanding the playbook, because coming from the defensive side, it’s a whole different language. But we’re getting it down each and every day.” – Parish
| 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 |
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