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Highlights: Four former Jaguars entering CFB Hall of Fame

Highlights: Four former Jaguars entering CFB Hall of Fame

Four former Jaguars, including wide receiver Justin Blackmon and linebacker Paul Posluszny, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this December.

The National Football Foundation is celebrating the Class of 2024 electees, sharing available highlight compilations of incoming Hall of Fame members via social media, including the following videos of Blackmon with Oklahoma State and Posluszny with Penn State.

Watch the highlights below.

Blackmon became Jacksonville’s first-round, No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft after his two-time unanimous All-American career with the Cowboys. He caught 253 passes for 3,564 yards and 40 touchdowns over three seasons at Oklahoma State.

Blackmon’s explosive debut campaign with the Jaguars, in which he led the team with 64 receptions and all rookie wide receivers with 865 yards, was thought to be the beginning of an uber-productive NFL career.

But multiple suspensions and arrests on offenses related to substance abuse between 2012-14, resulting in fines, placement in the NFL’s substance abuse program and eventually probation, effectively brought his career to an end after four appearances in 2013.

Blackmon was denied reinstatement by the league in 2015 while on the Jaguars’ reserve/suspended list. He was never officially removed from the list.

Posluszny, a two-time consensus All-American at Penn State, racked up 372 tackles including for loss, nine sacks, two interceptions and three forced fumbles over 37 games with the Nittany Lions, before his second-round draft selection by Buffalo in 2007.

Posluszny signed with Jacksonville as a free agent in 2011 and spent seven seasons with the Jaguars before he retired from the NFL in 2018. He accumulated 816 tackles with 45 for loss, 13 sacks, 11 interceptions, 36 defended passes and four forced fumbles in that stretch and earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2013.

Additionally, former Jaguars defensive back Deon Figures (Colorado) and running back Toby Gerhart (Stanford) will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame later this year.

Bridges was a first-round pick by Pittsburgh in 1993 and spent four years with the Steelers before signing with Jacksonville in 1997. He recorded five interceptions in his first season with the Jaguars and logged another two picks the following campaign, his last in the NFL.

A second-round pick by Minnesota in 2010, Gerhart signed with the Jaguars in 2013 after four seasons with the Vikings. He rushed for 370 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 23 yards in 21 games with Jacksonville before his release and exit from pro football in 2016.

Three former Vikings named to 2024 College Football Hall of Fame class

Randy Moss, Toby Gerhart, and Steve Hutchinson were among the 22 players announced Monday to the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame class.

The National Football Foundation has announced their class for the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame, and the list includes three former Minnesota Vikings among the new enshrinees: Randy Moss, Steve Hutchinson and Toby Gerhart.

Those three will join 19 others to fill out the 2024 class of 24, who will officially be inducted on December 10th in a ceremony in Las Vegas. Moss, Hutchinson, and Gerhart are joined in the class by the likes of Justin Blackmon, Warrick Dunn, Larry Fitzgerald, and many more.

Moss, who started his college career at Florida State before transferring to Marshall, put up over 3500 yards and 54 touchdowns receiving, with another touchdown rushing in his two seasons before being taken in the first round by Minnesota in the 1998 NFL draft.

Toby Gerhart amassed over 3500 yards on the ground and scored 44 touchdowns in his four seasons with the Stanford Cardinal before being taken in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft, and Steve Hutchinson won a National Championship with the Michigan Wolverines before a 6-year stint with the Vikings from 2006-2011.

32 days until Vikings season opener: Every player to wear No. 32

21 players have worn the No. 32 for the Minnesota Vikings, including RBs Ty Chandler and Toby Gerhart.

It’s the final countdown…

Well, sort of.

The Minnesota Vikings will kick off their 2023 regular season in 32 days at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 10.

From now until then, we will take a trip down memory lane and count each day by revisiting the players that have worn that specific jersey number.

Running back Ty Chandler currently wears the No. 32 for the Vikings.

With 32 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to wear No. 32 with the Vikings (via Pro Football Reference):

10 former Jaguars on 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot

Paul Posluszny, Kevin Hardy, and eight other former Jaguars players are among the nominees for the College Football Hall of Fame.

The College Football Hall of Fame released its list of candidates for the Class of 2024 and the Jacksonville Jaguars are well-represented on the ballot.

Ten players who spent time with Jacksonville during their respective NFL careers are among the list of nominees (years with Jaguars):

  • Aaron Beasley, cornerback, West Virginia (1996-2001)
  • Justin Blackmon, wide receiver, Oklahoma State (2012-2013)
  • Marco Coleman, defensive end, Georgia Tech (2002)
  • Jarett Dillard, wide receiver, Rice (2009-2011)
  • Vaughn Dunbar, running back, Indiana (1995)
  • Deon Figures, cornerback, Colorado (1997-1998)
  • Toby Gerhart, running back, Stanford (2014-2015)
  • Kevin Hardy, linebacker, Illinois (1996-2001)
  • John Jurkovic, defensive end, Eastern Illinois (1996-1998)
  • Paul Posluszny, linebacker, Penn State (2011-2017)

The 18 players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame last year included Tim Tebow, a former Denver Broncos and New York Jets quarterback who spent one offseason at tight end with the Jaguars.

Beasley, Blackmon, Dillard, and Hardy were all drafted by the Jaguars. Posluszny stands as the franchise’s all-time leading tackler and Beasley is second in team history in interceptions.

Voting for the Class of 2024 will happen through the remainder of June, but the inductees won’t be announced until January of next year.

NFL draft history: Every player selected with the 51st pick since 2010

NFL Draft history: Looking at every No. 51 overall pick selected since the 2010 NFL Draft and the Eagles’ chances of landing an impact player

The buildup for the NFL draft is all about the first-round picks, but championship teams are built when the dollars aren’t guaranteed and some of the league’s all-time greats have been second round picks.

Philadelphia will have one second-round pick (No. 51 overall) in next week’s NFL draft and that selection could be used to target a wide receiver or edge rusher depending on how Thursday night turns out.

In 2019, the Eagles hit gold with Miles Sanders, but have been burdened by passing on DK Metcalf and Terry McLaurin for J.J. Arcega-Whiteside.

In 2020, Howie Roseman landed the teams current starting quarterback Jalen Hurts, and last year, a future All-Pro left guard was landed when Landon Dickerson was selected.

With the draft a little over a week away, here’s every No. 51 overall picks since 2010.