The Jacksonville Jaguars have begun making transactions Monday with training camp set to start Tuesday, July 28. They started the week off by placing rookie fullback Connor Slomka on their active/non-football injury list and fellow rookies Luq Barcoo, DaVon Hamilton, Josiah Scott, and Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms on their reserve/COVID-19 list.
With the coronavirus pandemic currently going on, the reserve/COVID-19 list is a new category made for players who either test positive for COVID-19 or is being quarantined after having been in close contact with an infected person or more. However, to respect the privacy of the players listed, the team and NFL aren’t permitted to disclose a player’s reason for being placed on the list.
We have placed rookie FB Connor Slomka on our Active/Non-Football Injury list and have placed rookie CB Luq Barcoo, rookie DT DaVon Hamilton, rookie CB Josiah Scott and rookie OL Tre'Vour Wallace-Simms on our Reserve/COVID-19 list. pic.twitter.com/1d6I5nddmM
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) July 27, 2020
Clubs, club personnel, other players and player-agents are not permitted to disclose a player’s reason for placement on Reserve/COVID-19 or a player’s status with regard to such illness.
However, players are permitted to disclose their own medical information.
— #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) July 27, 2020
In Slomka’s case, being placed on the active/non-football list means he suffered an injury that wasn’t related to football (possibly at home, car accident, etc). However, with an active tag attached to his name, he’ll account for a roster slot still.
As for the remainder of the rookies listed Hamilton and Scott were two of the Jags’ draft selections from the third and fourth-rounds, respectively, in April. Hamilton attended Ohio State and was drafted to bolster the interior of the defensive line and play defensive tackle after the subtraction of veteran Marcel Dareus.
Scott, on the other hand, attended Michigan State and most seem to think he was drafted to potentially be the team’s nickelback of the future.
Slomka, Bacoo, and Wallace-Simms joined the team as undrafted rookies. Slomka played collegiately for Army and finished his senior year with 658 rushing yards and eight touchdowns.
Barcoo was a coveted undrafted player from San Diego State. He garnered 55 total tackles and nine picks in 2019 and was projected to be a late-round pick. For whatever reason, he slipped through the cracks and will compete to make the Jags final 53-man roster in a crowded cornerback group.
Lastly, Wallace-Simms played collegiately for Missouri. He was a player we deemed as a sleeper to make the team after starting since 2017 and earning all-conference honors for the Southeastern Conference in 2018.