Top 50 Jacksonville Jaguars
An expansion team in 1995, the Jacksonville Jaguars have yet to reach the Super Bowl, but this does not mean that they have not experienced levels of success.
In their second season in the NFL, the Jags made it to the AFC Championship and would do so again in 1999. After that, Jacksonville would go through multiple multi-year playoff droughts, but they would reach their third AFC Championship in 2017.
As this is a relatively young team, we expect that this list will fluctuate often in years to come.
This list is up to the end of the 2024 season.Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
When the Jacksonville Jaguars spent their inaugural 1995 draft building a franchise foundation, nobody expected the cornerstone of their offense to arrive via a tryout for a former castoff. Drafted out of Jackson State by Dallas in 1992, Jimmy Smith spent his early years enduring severe abdominal illness, an appendectomy, and a year out of football entirely after brief pitstops…
When the Jacksonville Jaguars acquired the ninth overall pick in the 1998 draft by shipping backup quarterback Rob Johnson to Buffalo, nobody envisioned they were executing one of the greatest trade thefts in modern NFL history. By selecting Florida star Fred Taylor, the Jaguars secured a local hero whose electrifying size-speed combination instantly gave Jacksonville a homegrown superstar capable of…
When the Jacksonville Jaguars submitted the second overall pick in the 1995 draft, they weren't just picking an offensive tackle out of USC—they were taking the initial, defining step of their franchise identity. Tony Boselli was the organization’s first-ever draft selection, arriving in Northeast Florida with elite 6-foot-7, 324-pound size, light footwork, and a mean streak. Though teammates like Jimmy…
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Stuck on the bench in Green Bay behind ironman Brett Favre, Mark Brunell faced an impossible bottleneck for playing time. That changed in April 1995 when the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars shipped third- and fifth-round picks to the Packers, instantly handing the young left-hander the keys to a brand-new franchise. Brunell seized the opportunity, becoming the charismatic, dual-threat leader who put…
Drafted in the second round (60th overall) out of UCLA in 2006, Maurice Jones-Drew walked into Jacksonville measuring just 5-foot-7, but he instantly packed 210 pounds of pure dynamite. What NFL scouts foolishly miscalculated as a size handicap turned out to be his ultimate weapon; "MJD" hid behind giant offensive linemen before exploding into secondary lanes with low center-of-gravity power,…
Selected in the second round (60th overall) out of Northern Iowa in 2000, Brad Meester quietly arrived in Jacksonville and went on to set the ultimate gold standard for durability and longevity in franchise history. While small-school offensive linemen often face a steep learning curve in the NFL, Meester stepped straight into the starting lineup as a rookie, immediately anchoring…
After grinding through four development seasons in Cleveland under Bill Belichick—culminating in a 56-catch campaign in 1995—Keenan McCardell hit free agency in 1996 and found his ideal football home. Landing in Northeast Florida on a three-year deal, he instantly became the missing piece for Tom Coughlin’s high-octane offense, transforming the young Jaguars into an immediate contender. Operating as the tactical,…
From a local high school standout at Englewood to an FCS consensus All-American at Bethune-Cookman, Rashean Mathis didn't have to leave the 904 area code to build a legend. Drafted 39th overall in 2003, the Jacksonville native brought rare length, sub-4.4 speed, and elite ball-hawking instincts to his hometown secondary, turning a gamble on an FCS powerhouse prospect into a…
The Jaguars chose Marcus Stroud of the University of Georgia with their 13th overall pick in 2001, and he learned his craft coming off the bench in his rookie year. That would not be the case in 2002 as he became a starting Defensive Tackle (usually on the left side), and from 2002 to 2007, he never appeared in a…
Calais Campbell played the first nine seasons of his career with the Arizona Cardinals, where he was twice a Pro Bowl Selection. He signed with the Jaguars at the age of 31, so it was not expected that he would exceed what he did in the desert, but that was precisely what he accomplished in Florida.
What is John Henderson best known for? Probably for having a trainer slap him hard in the face to get motivated for a game. That might be the most common image of Henderson, but there were a lot of great moments that the mammoth Defensive Tackle had with the Jaguars.
Playing his entire career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tony Brackens would start 75 of the 107 Games that he played.
A product of East Carolina, David Garrard was drafted in the 4th Round of 2002, and it was the intent for him to back up Mark Brunell. That lasted a year, as Jacksonville drafted Byron Leftwich, and he backed him up until he won his job during the 2006 season. Garrard would take the Jags to the 2007 playoffs, and…
Daryl Smith became a starter in his rookie season (2004) when the second round pick proved his worth at Linebacker. From the next season on, Smith usually played at Middle Linebacker, and he would have two seasons where he would record 107 Combined Tackles (2009 & 2011).
An All-American from Illinois, Kevin Hardy, was drafted second overall by Jacksonville in 1996. Hardy was an immediate starter, and the Linebacker would be an All-Rookie, helping Jacksonville reach the AFC Conference Final.
Paul Posluszny made a name for himself with the Buffalo Bills, but he would exceed that output in Jacksonville, where he would spend the last seven seasons of his career.
There have been some who have stated that Marcedes Lewis was a bit of disappointment, but was he really?
A two-time All-American and BCS Champion with Florida State, Jalen Ramsey was the highest selected Cornerback in the 2016 Draft when Jacksonville chose him fifth overall.
Sandwiched between four years at the beginning with the Indianapolis Colts, and four years at the end of his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Mike Peterson played at Linebacker for six seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
