Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell ‘week to week’ with hamstring injury
Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell “is going to miss some time” after suffering a hamstring injury in Jacksonville’s season-opening loss at Miami on Sunday, head coach Doug Pederson revealed Monday.
Asked if Campbell could return in time for Jacksonville’s London matchups with Chicago on Oct. 13 and New England on Oct. 20, Pederson refused to get into specifics other than acknowledging the Jaguars will monitor his status over the coming weeks.
“I’m not going to put him in a box that way. I’m not going to put any expectations on it,” Pederson said. “We’re just going to let him go week to week and see where he comes.”
Covering Dolphins pass-catcher Jaylen Waddle on an extended corner route, Campbell went down after colliding with Waddle as the receiver broke outside with a pass from quarterback Tua Tagovailoa incoming. It fell incomplete and Campbell was flagged for pass interference.
Campbell finished with two tackles in the game, including one for loss, a three-yard run stop against Miami running back Raheem Mostert in the third quarter.
Jacksonville signed Campbell to a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension this July, following his six-game absence last season due to multiple soft tissue injuries, to his hamstring and quadriceps.
Through 44 appearances with the Jaguars, Campbell has recorded 205 tackles including seven for loss, six interceptions, 30 defended passes and two fumble recoveries.
X-Factor: Can the Jaguars’ secondary handle the potent Miami offense?
Jacksonville’s defense faces a tall task come Sunday: containing Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and his two speedster receivers, Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
After ranking No. 26 in passing yards allowed per game (239.8) in 2023, the Jaguars look to limit the dynamic Dolphins offense and start their 2024 campaign on the right foot defensively.
Given Miami’s offensive potency, all eyes will be on Jacksonville’s secondary to see if those in black and teal can keep up with the weapons in the Dolphins’ arsenal, making the group the X-Factor for a Jaguars victory on Sunday.
Last season, the Dolphins wide receiver duo of Hill and Waddle combined for 2,813 receiving yards on 191 catches and scored 17 touchdowns. On the back of the offense, Miami finished the regular season 11-6 before being ousted in the playoffs by the eventual Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Newly extended cornerback Tyson Campbell and free agent addition Ronald Darby sit atop the Jaguars’ depth chart, likely seeing most snaps against Miami.
Behind Campbell and Darby, the Jaguars feel comfortable in their cornerback depth, comprised of third-year player Montaric Brown and rookies Jarrian Jones and De’Antre Prince.
Filling in at nickel, former Green Bay Packer Darnell Savage Jr. could play a pivotal role in his new position, as the Dolphins could work the slot to get their playmakers into middle-of-the-field space. Safeties Antonio Johnson and Andre Cisco will similarly have their hands full, attempting to halt the Dolphins’ vertical game.
The lone player on the injury report, safety Daniel Thomas, who has been on the mend from a hurt Achilles, could also be helpful. On Friday, Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson said he is “optimistic and hopeful” that Thomas can play Sunday.
While facing such a high-powered offense early in the season could be considered unlucky, the Jaguars’ staff embraces the challenge for first-year defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen’s new-look 4-3 defense.
“We treat each game as one unit,” Nielsen said Thursday. “And so each game is going to present a different challenge and it’s really good that this team is, just how the schedule falls and we don’t pick it. We’ve got to go out there and we’ve got to play.”
Pederson highlighted the incessant speed of Miami’s pass-catchers this week, noting the fits it could cause for both Jacksonville’s coverage team and its run defense, as the threat of receivers pushing wide and deep can open the Dolphins’ explosive rushing attack by drawing attention elsewhere.
“Speed, speed, speed. And a lot of misdirection, a lot of motions and shifts,” Pederson described Miami’s offense Wednesday.
“Obviously, they do a great job with that in their run game as well and it kind of can cause you to just distort your eyes a little bit, and get off your cues. That’s where some of the big plays have come for them.”
Discipline and staying on assignment will be vital for the Jaguars’ secondary to keep their offense in the game and avoid explosive plays from Miami’s multiple explosive-play threats.
“Obviously, we know Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle and the guys,” Pederson said. “There’s just a lot of speed and something that we’ve got to be able to at least try to match; otherwise, we’ll be in the right position.”
Should Jacksonville struggle to keep up with Miami on the backend, it will need production from its pass rush — headlined by edge-rushing tandem, Joshua Hines-Allen and Travon Walker, and former 49ers defensive tackle Arik Armstead — to remain competitive defensively.
Nielsen hopes the defensive front can generate enough pressure to disrupt Tagovailoa’s rhythm, leaving him uncomfortable in the pocket and allowing the Jaguars defensive backs to play more aggressively.
Yet, Nielsen is aware of Tagovailoa’s ability to quickly get the ball out of his hands, potentially putting Jacksonville’s defense on its back foot and opening up the deep ball.
“He gets the ball out. He knows where to go with the ball. The guy gets out the ball lightning-quick out of his hands,” Nielsen said of Tagovailoa Thursday. “We’ve got to do a really good job in our coverage and disrupting him in the pocket, things like that, things you’ve got to do every week.”
Nielsen understands his defense will face an immense challenge in his first game in Jacksonville, but he is confident in the Jaguars’ preparation ahead of the Week 1 AFC showdown.
“They’re well-balanced,” Nielsen said. “Obviously one of the high-power offenses of the league, No. 1 passing offense, things like that. It’ll be a really good test; our guys are going to be ready.”
In the No. 3 with the Bulldogs, with whom he was a three-year starter, Campbell tallied 89 total tackles including 3.5 for loss, one interception, 11 defended passes and one forced fumble.
Campbell’s play with Georgia led him to one of Jacksonville’s two second-round draft slots in 2021, when the Jaguars picked him No. 33 overall.
Over three seasons with the Jaguars, Campbell logged 203 tackles with six for loss, six interceptions, 30 defended passes, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries including one scoop-and-score.
Before his injury-plagued 2023 campaign, when he appeared in 11 games sporadically, Campbell shined during his sophomore NFL season, tallying three interceptions and 15 pass breakups amid Jacksonville’s run to the AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs two years ago.
Despite being limited last year and his performance declining when he was available compared to the season before, Jacksonville made Campbell one of the NFL’s highest-paid cornerbacks this offseason, handing him a four-year contract extension worth $76.5 million in July.
Jaguars vs. Chiefs: CB Tyson Campbell out of preseason opener
Recently-extended Jaguars starting cornerback Tyson Campbell won’t play in Jacksonville’s 2024 preseason opener against Kansas City Saturday night, the club announced.
No injury was disclosed when Campbell was placed on the list of nonparticipants. Campbell suffered an ankle injury on Day 3 of Jacksonville’s training camp but returned to team drill activity by Day 6.
Entering his fourth season as a starting cornerback with the Jaguars, Campbell signed a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension with Jacksonville before camp began in July.
“It’s a blessing. But at the same time, I’m doing all this to give the glory back to God and be the best at my position,” Campbell said about his deal on July 24.
“So, the work doesn’t stop. I’m still hungry, still eager and still trying to be a leader for the young guys to be able to be in a position like this.”
Jacksonville’s No. 33 overall pick in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft, Campbell has recorded 203 tackles including six for loss, six interceptions, 30 defended passes, two forced fumbles, and two fumbles recoveries including one scoop-and-score.
The Jaguars previously ruled out four starters and four backups: Left guard Ezra Cleveland (leg), right tackle Anton Harrison (concussion protocol), defensive lineman Arik Armstead (knee, active/PUP list), free safety Darnell Savage Jr. (shoulder), running back Keilan Robinson (toe), offensive lineman Steven Jones (calf), defensive lineman Jordan Jefferson (ankle) and safety Andrew Wingard (knee).
Jaguars CB Ronald Darby assured entering Year 10: ‘Been making plays’
Nine seasons, five stints on injured reserve, two anterior cruciate ligament tears, a dislocated ankle and probably more soft tissue lesions than he would like to recount later, Ronald Darby remains confident in his ability to lock down an opposing wide receiver.
“I’ve always been able to play,” Darby told Jaguars Wire. “My biggest thing was, you know, getting hurt.”
The Jaguars, who signed Darby in March, are his fifth team in the NFL and fourth since 2020, when he last played a full season.
But no matter the injury, the competition he faced or the scheme he had to learn — “I done played in almost all of them,” he said, “from the zone ones to the man ones to the Cover-0 ones” — Darby typically found a way to establish himself as one of the league’s better cover corners.
“As long as I’m able to run, move — you know, each year I learn and I just get better,” Darby expressed. “It’s like, I’ve been doing this for a long time.”
He has, and he’s right.
Jan 28, 2024; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens cornerback Ronald Darby (28) upends Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice (4) during the second half in the AFC Championship football game at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports
Per Pro Football Reference, Darby’s 44.2% coverage completion rate with Baltimore in 2023 was not only his career-best in seasons he played 10 or more games, it led all qualifying NFL coverage defenders.
Darby’s 2022 performance with Denver was even more dominant, albeit finite.
Over four-and-a-half games before tearing his ACL, Darby allowed just seven receptions over 18 targets (38.9%), per PFR. He gave up no more than 20 receiving yards in a single game.
Working back from a ruptured knee ligament proved easier the second time for Darby than the first.
Darby was a starter under Doug Pederson in Philadelphia in 2017, but a dislocated ankle in Week 1 cost him eight games. He returned and played very well during the Eagles’ stretch run to Super Bowl LII. In 2018, he didn’t appear in a game after Week 10 after suffering his first torn ACL. He played in Week 1 the next season, but strained his hamstring in Week 4 and his hip in Week 16.
He went unsigned in free agency until 10 months after his second ACL tear, when Baltimore coveted an experienced player after starting cornerback Marlon Humphrey endured a foot injury last August.
“To be honest, it wasn’t [a challenge] when I signed with Baltimore. I was, like, eight months out of my surgery,” Darby explained.
“But me going through my first one, I knew what I had to do for my second one, and I got on it early. I was doing two-a-days, like rehab, and I was doing a lot of running, so I knew how to come back from it a lot faster.”
Despite learning a new defense three weeks before the season, Darby logged 69 defensive snaps with the Ravens in Week 1, fifth-most on the team.
If not for a Week 18 illness, Darby would have appeared in every game last year. He took the field for 624 total snaps in 2023, his third-most in a regular season since 2018.
Darby fared particularly well against star wide receivers throughout the campaign.
Per Pro Football Focus, Darby held San Francisco’s Deebo Samuel to one catch for nine yards over two targets; Miami’s Tyreek Hill to two-of-four for 17 yards; Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins a combined two-of-five for 15 yards with two pass breakups; and Houston’s Nico Collins’ zero-of-two with a pass breakup in the playoffs after Collins went three-of-five for 46 yards against him in Week 1.
While he was limited to 48 of 67 possible appearances over the last four seasons, with three different teams in that span, Darby never allowed a year-long completion percentage higher than 54.3% (ranking No. 27 of 274 coverage defenders in 2021).
Some observers ding Darby for not intercepting a pass in that same stretch. However, his 32 defended passes since 2020 rank No. 28 among the 247 cornerbacks who have recorded at least one.
All but two players on the list in front of Darby have appeared in more games. Eight have appeared in at least 20 more.
Jacksonville managed to add Darby on a two-year contract with a $4.25 million average annual value. If he can remain healthy and perform as he has in recent years over a full season in 2024, the deal could end up a steal for the Jaguars.
“I just go out there and work,” said Darby. “You know, this [is] Year 10 for me. Like, I’ve been making plays. You don’t make it to Year 10 not being able to play. So I just go out there and do what I gotta do, like I do all the time.”
Pederson, now the Jaguars’ head coach, desired to reconnect with Darby this offseason as part of Jacksonville’s effort to strengthen its roster with established veterans; players who have been there, done that and can help the Jaguars battle through adversity to reach their goals.
This year, they entail a return to the postseason — and ideally a playoff run — after Jacksonville lost its grip on seeding in the AFC bracket in Week 18 of the 2023 campaign, following a 1-5 slide to end the season.
Darby is one of five free agents Jacksonville signed with at least six games worth of playoff experience, joined by center Mitch Morse (13), defensive lineman Arik Armstead (12), wide receiver Gabe Davis (seven) and safety Darnell Savage (seven) in that department.
“With Ronald, a veteran guy, he comes in here competing for that spot and just really embracing the opportunity. But at the same time, being able to lead because we got some young guys at the corner position,” Pederson detailed in June.
“Being able to I think show them how to practice, how to study, how to prepare, are all things that guys like that really bring to us.”
Darby is expected to start opposite freshly extended cornerback Tyson Campbell, with safeties Andre Cisco and Antonio Johnson returning and Savage expected to occupy the nickel cornerback position in Jacksonville’s revamped secondary.
July 25, 2024: Jaguars cornerback Ronald Darby during Jacksonville’s 2024 training camp. [Credit: Zach Goodall – Jaguars Wire/USA TODAY SMG]Darby believes his experience and coverage savvy will benefit the Jaguars as they vie for a return to playoff contention.
And while he understands his influential role, Darby is convinced Jacksonville’s roster features plenty of similarly capable players.
“I know what it takes,” Darby said. “Like, I’ve been there. Even last year, [Baltimore] made it to the AFC Championship. I just know what it takes.
“You know what you gotta do throughout the year. You’ve got to stay focused and go out there and just compete, really. Just have fun and compete. We’ve got a lot of guys that like to compete, so it’s gonna be good.”
Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell misses camp team drills with ankle injury
An ankle injury kept Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell out of Jacksonville’s training camp team drills for a second consecutive day on Saturday.
Campbell experienced the injury in the early portion of Friday’s practice, amid position drills with Jacksonville’s cornerbacks, per a Jaguars spokesperson. His right ankle was taped up on Saturday.
The Jaguars made Campbell one of the NFL’s highest-paid cornerbacks earlier this week, rewarding him with a four-year, $76.5 million contract extension when he reported for camp Tuesday.
In three seasons with Jacksonville, Campbell, the club’s No. 33 overall pick in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft, has recorded 203 tackles with six for loss, six interceptions, 30 defended passes, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries including one scoop-and-score.
“It’s a blessing. But at the same time, I’m doing all this to give the glory back to God and be the best at my position,” Campbell said about his extension Wednesday.
“So, the work doesn’t stop. I’m still hungry, still eager and still trying to be a leader for the young guys to be able to be in a position like this.”
Campbell was not Jacksonville’s only defensive back withheld from activity on Saturday, as safeties Andrew Wingard and Josh Proctor were both sidelined due to illnesses.
Rookie cornerback Jarrian Jones did not perform in team work but was active in position drills Saturday after briefly exiting practice Friday with an ankle injury. Wide receiver Gabe Davis (undisclosed) also did not take the field for team drills.
Defensive lineman Arik Armstead (knee, on active/physically unable to perform list), undrafted rookie offensive lineman Steven Jones (calf) and undrafted rookie wide receiver David White Jr. (knee, injured reserve) remained out Saturday as they have been to begin camp.
Safety Darnell Savage (shoulder) continued participating in team and position drills while sporting a no-contact jersey.
Jaguars’ Tyson Campbell ‘back to reality’ on the field after extension
Tyson Campbell had a feeling something good was coming his way.
“I was telling people all the time I just knew God was going to blow my mind,” Campbell told reporters after the Jaguars’ first training camp practice on Wednesday. “He did.”
In the form of up to $76.5 million with $53.4 million guaranteed, presented to Campbell in a four-year contract extension with Jacksonville, the team that drafted him with the first pick of the second round in 2021.
“I was speechless,” Campbell said about the deal.
But after signing the dotted line upon reporting to camp Tuesday, Campbell quickly re-entered his comfort zone: on the gridiron.
He forced multiple incompletions against projected starting wide receivers Gabe Davis and Brian Thomas Jr. in Day 1 red zone drills, breaking up the pass to Davis and jamming Thomas’ route enough to turn an accurate throw from quarterback Trevor Lawrence into an overthrow.
Thomas also dropped a pass from Lawrence in the end zone with Campbell in close coverage.
Campbell didn’t make a play on the ball during the second practice but stymied another red zone route by Thomas and generally kept receivers in front of him as the offense struggled to find its groove.
“I’m doing better since I’m playing football now,” Campbell expressed. “So, back to reality.”
Money aside, Campbell remains highly valuable in this reality. Jacksonville made him one of the NFL’s highest-paid cornerbacks because they believe he can be one of its best.
The Jaguars’ new defensive staff under coordinator Ryan Nielsen, namely defensive backs coach Kris Richard, assistant Cory Robinson and analyst Mike Gray, identified Campbell as a player they want to build their secondary around immediately after their January hirings.
They were willing to overlook Campbell’s most recent campaign, his injury-plagued 2023, believing in what he put on tape the two prior seasons and even dating back to high school: “He’s been a state champion here, you know, as a 100-meter runner,” Richard recalled to Jaguars Wire in June.
Hamstring and quadricep injuries limited Campbell to 11 games last year, when he posted one interception, five defended passes and 60 tackles, all single-season career lows.
Campbell intercepted two passes and defended 10 as a rookie; he picked off three throws, defended 15, and allowed a 54.2% completion percentage in his breakout 2022 season. He ranked No. 32 among qualifying coverage defenders in the latter category, per Pro Football Reference.
“He’s got a great skill set,” Nielsen said Thursday. “When you evaluate him and what we do on defense, our DB coaches, Kris and Cory and Mike … when we talked about what we’re looking for at that position, he possesses a lot of those skill sets and those traits.
“It’s exciting that we’re going to have him for a few more years.”
Jaguars head coach Doug Pederson is similarly excited to pair Campbell with Nielsen and his defensive scheme, which favored press coverage from its cornerbacks in Nielsen’s first season as a play-caller, with Atlanta in 2023.
“I think the scheme is going to help him,” Pederson suggested Wednesday. “The style that the secondary is going to play, I think it suits him.
“Tyson is not a big guy, but he’s a physical guy and I think this is going to help him take another step. Continue to work on his ball skills, and just have that presence about him, that he’s one of the best corners in the league.”
One of the NFL’s most productive current corners, Ronald Darby, who signed with Jacksonville in March, recognizes the aura Pederson described.
While Darby has nine seasons of experience under his belt and ranks No. 7 among active cornerbacks with 97 career defended passes, he credited Campbell for influencing his game already in the four months they have been teammates.
“He deserves every penny … he in here balling,” Darby told Jaguars Wire Thursday.
“You got a young dude over there that’s gonna go out there and compete every day, work hard and help push you. And he loves to learn. Like, he always comes up asking questions. ‘How you do certain things?’ And vice versa. I ask him certain things, what he do and what he did on the play he made.”
A big contract after a down season intensifies the spotlight Campbell was already under entering the 2024 campaign.
He understands the expectations his extension created and he wants to surpass them: Not to play like one of the NFL’s best cornerbacks, but to be its best.
“It’s a blessing. But at the same time, I’m doing all this to give the glory back to God and be the best at my position,” Campbell said.
“So, the work doesn’t stop. I’m still hungry, still eager and still trying to be a leader for the young guys to be able to be in a position like this.”
Tyson Campbell’s Jaguars extension is a big deal for Paulson Adebo. The Saints cornerback can point to a very similar resume as a free agent next year:
Whew: Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell earned a big bag this week by signing a four-year, $76.5 million extension. That made him the highest-paid corner in the league who hasn’t yet been recognized with a Pro Bowl nod. And it’s a big deal for Paulson Adebo. The New Orleans Saints cornerback is next in line for a new contract with free agency on the horizon in 2025.
Campbell, 24, has a lot in common with Adebo, 25. They were both picked on the second day of the 2021 NFL draft, with Adebo going off the board 43 slots after the Jaguars made Campbell the first selection of the second round. The two cornerbacks have posted strikingly similar numbers since then:
Adebo: 7 interceptions and 33 passes defensed, with 202 tackles (166 solo, 6 tackles for loss), 2 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries on 2,611 snaps across 45 games. 24 missed tackles
Campbell: 6 interceptions and 30 passes defensed, with 203 tackles (145 solo, 6 tackles for loss), 2 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries on 2,591 snaps across 43 games. 22 missed tackles
That’s close. Very close. Let’s take it a step further and look into their coverage stats from Pro Football Reference:
Adebo: 160 completions on 265 targets (60.4%) for 2,053 yards, or 12.8 yards per catch, with 12 touchdowns allowed
Campbell: 142 completions on 226 targets (62.8%) for 1,632 yards, or 11.5 yards per catch, with 17 touchdowns allowed
That has Adebo giving up more catches for more yards, at slightly more yards per completion and while being targeted much more often, but with Campbell being more of a vulnerability in scoring position. How do the numbers at Pro Football Focus compare to those from PFR?
Adebo: 150 completions on 237 targets (63.3%) for 2,138 yards, or 14.3 yards per catch, with 10 touchdowns allowed
Campbell: 148 completions on 226 targets (65.5%) for 1,696 yards, or 11.5 yards per catch, with 18 touchdowns allowed
PFF’s charting charged more completions to Adebo’s teammates than that from PFR, but they also dinged him for allowing more big plays. While it’s tough to overlook the 400-plus-yard gap in yards allowed between them, Adebo giving up so many fewer touchdown passes might balance things out.
But where they separate — unfavorably for Adebo — is in penalties. Adebo has been fouled 20 times for 276 yards through three years (with three more penalties declined by the offense). He’s drawn a dozen infractions for defensive pass interference and been flagged nine times for defensive holding. Adebo had his best season in the NFL last year and he still forfeited 92 yards by penalty.
How does Campbell compare? He’s been one of the cleanest defenders in pro football. He wasn’t fouled once during his rookie year, and he’s only had four penalties accepted in his NFL career (for 68 yards). Sure, he’s also had three penalties declined, but Adebo has allowed more than 200 penalty yards in the same period of time.
How great a difference will that make when Adebo’s up for a new deal? It says a lot that the Saints haven’t extended him yet, whereas the Jaguars have seen enough from Campbell to believe an extension is a wise investment. But with salaries on the rise and other corners from the same draft class with very similar production earning top dollar, it sure looks like Adebo may cash in next offseason. Will the Saints be the ones to pay him?
While the average annual value of Campbell’s extension matches $19.125 million as initially reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, its average yearly worth dips to $15.9 million while accounting for the 2024 season, the final year of his rookie contract.
“The contract basically covers, and exceeds, a pair of franchise tags, even though Campbell has one year left on his rookie deal,” Florio wrote.
Find the full details below.
1. Signing bonus: $16 million.
2. 2024 base salary: $1.5 million, fully guaranteed.
Campbell’s deal includes $31.4 million fully guaranteed at signing and a $175,000 Pro Bowl incentive for the 2025-28 seasons, per Florio.
$44.516 million becomes fully guaranteed next year, and unless he is released before, Campbell will reach the $53.4 million fully guaranteed in his contract by 2026.
“I’m blessed to stay in Jacksonville and thankful God is allowing me to continue building something special with my brothers on the field and in the community,” Campbell said in a release after signing the contract.
“I want to thank the Jaguars for making my NFL dreams come true three years ago and for still believing in me today.”
Jacksonville’s second-round, No. 33 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, Campbell has posted 203 tackles with six for loss, six interceptions, 30 defended passes, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, including one scoop-and-score, in 43 games with the Jaguars.
Former Georgia Bulldogs cornerback Tyson Campbell has signed a four-year, $76 million contract to remain with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Campbell and the Jaguars agreed to terms on the deal right as Jacksonville begins training camp on July 23. …
Former Georgia Bulldogs cornerback Tyson Campbell has signed a four-year, $76 million contract to remain with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Campbell and the Jaguars agreed to terms on the deal right as Jacksonville begins training camp on July 23.
Campbell’s historic deal, which is the largest in NFL history for a cornerback that has not made a Pro Bowl, includes $53.4 million guaranteed. Campbell, who is 24 years old, has six interceptions and 203 total tackles in his three season NFL career. Campbell has been durable and has played in 43 games in his career including 42 starts.
Campbell is a starter on our All-Georgia Bulldogs in the NFL team. Campbell was the No. 33 pick in the 2021 NFL draft. He was one of nine Georgia players drafted in 2021.
Sources: #Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell is signing a 4-year, $76.5M extension that includes $53.4M effectively guaranteed.
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Jacksonville is securing a key piece of their secondary for the future. Campbell, who is a former five-star recruit, played high school football for American Heritage-Plantation High School in Florida.
