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.
When Chad Muma was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft, a path to a starting role didn’t look realistic. The team needs just two inside linebackers in its 3-4 defense and those two spots were seemingly locked up by high-priced free agent acquisition Foye Oluokun and first-round pick Devin Lloyd.
It didn’t take long for Muma to work his way into the lineup, though.
When Lloyd began to struggle as the year went on, the Jaguars increasingly turned to Muma and eventually inserted him into the starting unit. After back-to-back starts in the latter half of the season, Muma suffered an ankle injury that propelled Lloyd back on to the field.
Still, Muma proved himself a capable player as a rookie and appears well positioned to be a long-term piece in the Jaguars’ defense.
Contract (2023): $901,642 base salary, $281,565 prorated signing bonus, $50,000 workout bonus, $1,233,207 cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars drafted Muma with the No. 70 overall selection in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft.
- 54.9 (2022)
Statistics:
- 1.5 sacks, three tackles for loss, 47 tackles (2022)
Highlight:
Chad Muma is really good at defending the run. Seeing and knowing those gaps then shoots pic.twitter.com/fnXtarBRmn
— Fitz (@LaurieFitzptrck) December 4, 2022
Quote: “You guys saw the tackles, but it was the physicality that was impressive of just getting off blocks, running his feet, just physical play. I challenged our guys, ‘Let’s play just as fast as them or match that,’ and our guys battled. They played hard, and he was a big part of it. He played physical, played fast, so he played unbelievable. That was impressive.” – Jaguars special teams coordinator Heath Farwell on Muma
| 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) | 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 |
| Josh Pederson |
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