7:57pm: Jacksonville has also released safety Josh Evans, according to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle (Twitter link). Evans played a significant role during his three years with the Jaguars, who selected him in the sixth round of the 2013 draft. All told, he appeared in 47 of a possible 48 regular-season games and tallied 36 starts, with at least 11 coming in each individual campaign. Evans, 25, amassed 201 tackles – including a career-high 90 in 2014 – with the Jags. For his performance last season, he ranked just 77th among Pro Football Focus’ 89 qualified safeties.
4:50pm: The Jaguars’ quest to get to 53 has bumped Ryan Davis from the roster. The pass-rushing specialist took to Twitter on Friday to announce that the Jaguars have let him go.
“I got love for Duval, but my time here is done, catch ya later,” he wrote.
Davis was considered something of a lock to make the Jags’ roster this year after he was hit with the second-round tender worth $2.55MM. After spending past years at defensive end, the Jags were hopeful that he could successfully transition to linebacker. Davis, who has registered 11 career sacks with 10 in the last two years, was expected to back up Dan Skuta on the strong side.
Here are cuts made by the Jags so far today:
- S Josh Evans
- LB/DE Ryan Davis
- DE Tyrone Holmes (Twitter link via Mike Kaye of First Coast News)
- OT Rashod Hill (Twitter link via agent Brett Tessler)
- LB Thurston Armbrister, (via Rand Getlin of NFL.com on Twitter)
- LB Jordan Tripp, (Twitter link via Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union)
Shoulda kept Davis, especially with the guys we have now. He would have been