Jaguars 2023 roster review: WR Calvin Ridley
The brunt of the offseason is in the books and training camp is still off on the horizon. Join us in the NFL’s dead zone with a player-by-player review of the Jaguars roster ahead of the 2023 season.
The Jacksonville Jaguars didn’t make many splashes in the months after winning the AFC South in 2022. Rather than pour money into free agency or swing a big trade to land a star in the 2023 NFL draft, the Jaguars settled for base hits and tried to retain the majority of their roster.
With so few moves made to upgrade the roster, it’s Calvin Ridley who stands to be the most significant boost for the Jaguars.
Acquired in a midseason trade during the 2022 season, the former Atlanta Falcons receiver was ineligible to play at all last year while serving a suspension for gambling on sports.
Now the former first-round pick has been reinstated and is set to make his Jacksonville debut this fall.
Contract: $11.116 million base salary (2023); $11.116 million cap hit (2023). Due to become free agent in 2024.
Acquired: Falcons traded Ridley to the Jaguars on Nov. 1, 2022.
68.8 (2018)
74.9 (2019)
84.9 (2020)
64.2 (2021)
Statistics:
64 receptions, 821 yards, 10 touchdowns (2018)
63 receptions, 866 yards, 7 touchdowns (2019)
90 receptions, 1,374 yards, 9 touchdowns (2020)
31 receptions, 281 yards, 2 touchdowns (2021)
Highlight:
Calvin Ridley with the very nice Blaze Out route on his touchdown pic.twitter.com/2p7nG3UqgM
— Nate Tice (@Nate_Tice) September 20, 2020
Quote: “He wants to go so much, and so fast, and so hard in practice that we just kinda have to pump the brakes and say ‘Hey, now’s not the time.’ But he’s doing a great job, he’s picking up the offense well. The times that he’s working with Trevor [Lawrence], they’re on the same page, they’re connecting. Those are good things to see.” – Jaguars coach Doug Pederson
Calvin Ridley (No. 0) | Travis Etienne Jr. (No. 1) | Rayshawn Jenkins (No. 2) | C.J. Beathard (No. 3) | Tank Bigsby (No. 4) | Andre Cisco (No. 5) |
Chris Claybrooks (No. 6) | Zay Jones (No. 7) | Logan Cooke (No. 9) | Parker Washington (No. 11) | James McCourt (No. 12) | Christian Kirk (No. 13) |
Kendric Pryor (No. 14) | Tim Jones (No. 15) | Trevor Lawrence (No. 16) | Evan Engram (No. 17) | Nathan Rourke (No. 18) | Sammis Reyes (No. 19) |
Daniel Thomas (No. 20) | Latavious Brini (No. 21) | JaMycal Hasty (No. 22) | Foyesade Oluokun (No. 23) | Snoop Conner (No. 24) | D’Ernest Johnson (No. 25) |
Antonio Johnson (No. 26) | Divaad Wilson (No. 27) | Tevaughn Campbell (No. 29) | Montaric Brown (No. 30) | Darious Williams (No. 31) | Tyson Campbell (No. 32) |
Devin Lloyd (No. 33) | Gregory Junior (No. 34) | Ayo Oyelola (No. 35) | Christian Braswell (No. 36) | Tre Herndon (No. 37) | Qadree Ollison (No. 38) |
Jamal Agnew (No. 39) | Erick Hallett (No. 40) | Josh Allen (No. 41) | Andrew Wingard (No. 42) | Kaleb Hayes (No. 43) | Derek Parish (No. 43) |
Travon Walker (No. 44) | K’Lavon Chaisson (No. 45) | Ross Matiscik (No. 46) | De’Shaan Dixon (No. 47) | Chad Muma (No. 48) | Leonard Taylor (No. 49) |
Shaquille Quarterman (No. 50) | Ventrell Miller (No. 51) | DaVon Hamilton (No. 52) | Willie Taylor III (No. 53) | DJ Coleman (No. 54) | Dequan Jackson (No. 55) |
Yasir Abdullah (No. 56) | Caleb Johnson (No. 57) | Raymond Vohasek (No. 59) | Darryl Williams (No. 60) | Samuel Jackson (No. 62) | Coy Cronk (No. 64) |
Chandler Brewer (No. 67) | Brandon Scherff (No. 68) | Tyler Shatley (No. 69) | Cole Van Lanen (No. 70) | Walker Little (No. 72) | Blake Hance (No. 73) |
Cam Robinson (No. 74) | Cooper Hodges (No. 75) | Anton Harrison (No. 76) | Josh Wells (No. 77) | Ben Bartch (No. 78) | Luke Fortner (No. 79) |
Kevin Austin Jr. (No. 80) | Seth Williams (No. 81) | Elijah Cooks (No. 84) | Brenton Strange (No. 85) | Gerrit Prince (No. 86) | Jaray Jenkins (No. 87) |
Oliver Martin (No. 88) | Luke Farrell (No. 89) | Henry Mondeaux (No. 90) | Jordan Smith (No. 92) | Tyler Lacy (No. 93) | Folorunso Fatukasi (No. 94) |
Roy Robertson-Harris (No. 95) | Adam Gotsis (No. 96) | Nick Thurman (No. 97) | Michael Dogbe (No. 98) | Jeremiah Ledbetter (No. 99) | |
