Jacksonville Jaguars re-sign safety Daniel Thomas
NFL Insider Jordan Schultz reports Thursday that the Jacksonville Jaguars will be resigning safety Daniel Thomas.
According to Schultz, Thomas will be signing a two-year, $4 million deal with the Jags with the potential to make $6 million in incentives.
Thomas has spent all four seasons of his NFL career with Jacksonville, selected with the No. 157 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Jaguars out of Auburn. He recorded just eight tackles in the past two seasons with Jacksonville but 61 total in his four seasons and 56 total games played for the franchise.
In his rookie season 18 tackles as a reserve safety, also returning a blocked punt 16 yards of a touchdown in Week 7 versus the Chargers along with the one and only interception of his professional career. Picking off Ben Roethlisberger in Week 10 versus the Steelers with a 53-yard return before spending the remainder of the season on the injured reserve with an arm injury.
In 2021 he played in a career-high 16 games for the Jaguars and recorded a career-high 27 total tackles as well.
Auburn was Thomas’ school of choice out of Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery, Alabama. Where he was a three-star prospect ranked the No. 1,339 player in the nation for the 2016 recruiting class according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
With the Tigers, Thomas was a two-year starter and team captain recording 124 tackles, nine tackles for loss, five interceptions, 13 pass breakups and four forced fumbles and fumble recoveries apiece.
Jacksonville Jaguars place franchise tag on defensive end Josh Allen
The Jacksonville Jaguars are placing the 2024 franchise tag on defensive end Josh Allen on Tuesday ahead of the deadline, according to NFL insider Ian Rapoport. The team is putting the tag on Allen for approximately $24 million while continuing talks for a long-term deal, which the team has “expressed confidence” about getting done this offseason.
This season, Allen earned his second Pro Bowl invitation while recording 66 tackles, 17.5 sacks and 33 QB hits in 2023. He set the Jaguars’ new franchise record for single-season sacks. His previous career-high of 10.5 sacks came as a rookie for Jacksonville in 2019.
The Jaguars drafted Josh Allen with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft out of Kentucky. He became an immediate impact player for Jacksonville. After the first four years of his rookie contract ran out, the Jaguars opted to exercise his fifth-year option for $10.892 million.