2023 NFL Draft: Jaguars select Derek Parish with No. 240 pick in the draft, complete draft
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected their final pick of 2023, drafting Derek Parish from Houston with the 240th pick in Round 7 of the NFL Draft.
Parish is a 6-foot-2, 245 pound defensive lineman who also spent time playing fullback for the Cougars. He recorded 146 career total tackles, 32.5 tackles for a loss, 16 total tackles along with two forced fumbles.
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The Jaguars may lean on Parish's versatility and feature him on offense as a fullback. Possibly seeing field time as a lead-blocker for Jackonville's rushing attack.
With his selection, the Jaguars completed their 2023 draft class.
The Jaguars selected Anton Harrison (Round 1), Brenton Strange (Round 2), Tank Bigsby (Round 3), Ventrell Miller (Round 4), Tyler Lacy (Round 4), Yasir Abdullah (Round 5), Antonio Johnson (Round 5), Parker Washington (Round 6), Christian Braswell (Round 6), Erick Hallett II (Round 6), Cooper Hodges (Round 7) and Raymond Vohasek (Round 7) with previous draft picks.
Jaguars' last five years in the seventh round
2022: CB Montaric Brown, Arkansas
2020: CB Chris Claybrooks, Memphis
2019: DT Dontavious Russell, Auburn
2018: LB Leon Jacobs, Wisconsin
2018: P Logan Cooke, Mississippi State
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: NFL Draft 2023: Jaguars select Derek Parish of Houston with final pick
