Tag: Tre’Vour Wallace Simms

Jags activate 9 from practice squad before game vs. Patriots

With several Jags players on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, they decided to activate nine practice squad players for Sunday’s game against the Pats, including veteran offensive lineman D.J. Fluker.

With several of their players being placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list dating back to last week, the Jacksonville Jaguars went through this week short-handed on players. For that reason, it was almost a certainty that they would have to activate several players from their practice squad despite getting a wave of players back from the list on Friday and Saturday.

They did that Saturday afternoon by activating nine practice squad players for their Week 17 game against the New England Patriots — and that list is as follows:

  • CB Lorenzo Burns
  • DT Doug Costin
  • WR Jeff Cotton Jr.
  • RB Nathan Cottrell
  • OL D.J. Fluker
  • DB Michael Jacquet
  • S Bradley McDougald
  • OL Badara Traore
  • OL Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms

The Jags’ offensive line in particular is the unit most seem to be concerned about as they will be without starters Cam Robinson, Brandon Linder, and Ben Bartch. Additionally, their third-string guard, Will Richardson, went on injured reserve this week, too.

Thankfully, the Jags have an experienced player in Tyler Shatley (31 career starts) to start in Linder’s place and second-round rookie left tackle Walker Little (one start and 110 offensive snaps) to play in Robinson’s place. However, it appears the team could be eyeing Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms (no career starts) and recent free-agent signing D.J. Fluker (96 career starts) to be their guards this week.

The other notables added from the practice squad who could see significant snaps on offense include receiver Jeff Cotton (replaces Jaydon Mickens) and running back Nathan Cottrell (because James Robinson and Carlos Hyde are on IR). Then on defense, defensive tackle Doug Costin (Dawuane Smoot and Jay Tufele on Reserve/COVID-19) could be that player on defense.

Jaguars place 1 rookie on active/non-football list, 4 on reserve/COVID-19 list

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 …

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.

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.