Jaguars Announce First Major Wave of Cuts: Elijah Cooks, 9 Other Rookies Make Team

The Jaguars are now at 54 players.

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced their major wave of roster moves ahead of Week 1 this afternoon, trimming the roster down from 90 to 54 before the 4 p.m. deadline. 

Among the players moved off the active roster include: 

Waived

• LS Tucker Addington
• WR Kevin Austin Jr.
• S Latavious Brini
• OLB D.J. Coleman
• RB Snoop Conner
• OL Coy Cronk
• DL De’Shaan Dixon
• CB Erick Hallett II
• WR Jacob Harris
• CB Kaleb Hayes
• LB Dequan Jackson
• OL Samuel Jackson
• WR Oliver Martin
• K James McCourt
• S Ayo Oyelola
• TE Derek Parish
• TE Josh Pederson
• TE Gerrit Prince
• WR Kendric Pryor
• QB Nathan Rourke
• OLB Jordan Smith
• OLB Willie Taylor III
• DL Raymond Vohasek
• OL Darryl Williams
• WR Seth Williams
• CB Divaad Wilson

Each of these players is now subject to waivers and could be claimed by another team tomorrow. If they are not claimed, they can be signed to the Jaguars' practice squad. 

Waived/Injured

• WR Jaray Jenkins

Released (not subject to waivers)

• OL Chandler Brewer
• CB Tevaughn Campbell
• DL Michael Dogbe
• OL Bobby Evans
• RB Qadree Ollison

Each of these players will not go on waivers and are free to sign with any team or any practice squad, the Jaguars included.

Placed on Reserve/Injured

• LB Ventrell Miller

• OL Josh Wells

These players will be placed on the injured reserve list and will be out for the entire 2023-24 season. They are not eligible to return until next year.

Placed on Exempt/Commissioner Permission list

• CB Chris Claybrooks

Players on this list can not play in games or practice with the team but also do not count toward the active roster. 

The Jaguars are now at 54 players and will need to make one more move before the 4 p.m. deadline. Here is the roster as things stand today. 

QB (2): Trevor Lawrence; C.J. Beathard

RB (4): Travis Etienne; Tank Bigsby; D'Ernest Johnson, JaMycal Hasty

TE (3): Evan Engram; Brenton Strange; Luke Farrell

WR (7): Calvin Ridley; Christian Kirk; Zay Jones; Jamal Agnew; Parker Washington; Tim Jones; Elijah Cooks

OL (9): Walker Little; Ben Bartch; Tyler Shatley; Luke Fortner; Brandon Scherff; Anton Harrison; Blake Hance; Cole Van Lanen; Cooper Hodges

IDL (6): DaVon Hamilton; Foley Fatukasi; Roy Robertson-Harris; Adam Gotsis; Tyler Lacy; Jeremiah Ledbetter

OLB (4): Josh Allen; Travon Walker; K'Lavon Chaisson; Yasir Abdullah

ILB (5): Foyesade Oluokun; Devin Lloyd; Chad Muma; Shaq Quarterman; Caleb Johnson

CB (6): Tyson Campbell; Darious Williams; Tre Herndon; Gregory Junior; Montaric Brown; Christian Braswell

Safety (5): Rayshawn Jenkins; Andre Cisco; Andrew Wingard; Daniel Thomas; Antonio Johnson

Special Teams (3): Logan Cooke; Brandon McManus; Ross Matiscik