{"id":213949,"date":"2025-06-04T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=213949"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T17:57:33","slug":"dennis-gardeck-signs-contract-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/06\/04\/dennis-gardeck-signs-contract-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"7-Year Veteran Signs Contract With Jacksonville Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven-year veteran edge defender Dennis Gardeck signed a new contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Gardeck, a former undrafted free agent, spent the entirety of his career with the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213956\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-213956\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Gardeck Contract\" width=\"640\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-1536x1532.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/01\/Dennis-Gardeck-Contract-2048x2042.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardinals linebacker Dennis Gardeck (45) and Jalen Thompson (34) tackle Commanders wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus (14) during a game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Sept. 29, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jaguars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jaguars<\/a> are signing former <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cardinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cardinals<\/a> OLB Dennis Gardeck, who has 17 career sacks \u2014 including 9 over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>A former undrafted free agent out of Sioux Falls, Gardeck spent 7 seasons in Arizona and now heads to Jacksonville. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Erjs5aFjgZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Erjs5aFjgZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1930322166924316876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dennis Gardeck, Jacksonville Jaguars, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>The 2024 campaign started off as more of the same for Dennis Gardeck, who has carved a role for himself as a situational pass rusher. Through the first seven games, Gardeck played in seven games while making three starts, recording three sacks, 22 tackles, six tackles-for-loss, four quarterback hits, one interception, and a 72.0 PFF grade. Unfortunately, the veteran suffered a season-ending ACL injury against the Los Angeles Chargers.\u00a0 In his absence, the Cardinals narrowly missed the playoffs for the third straight season.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Gardeck originally entered the league as an undrafted free agent following the 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-draft\/\" target=\"_self\">NFL Draft<\/a>. Signing with the Arizona Cardinals, the <a  href=\"https:\/\/r.search.yahoo.com\/_ylt=Awrhcvj_iEBo9AEAEytXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny\/RV=2\/RE=1750269440\/RO=10\/RU=https%3a%2f%2fusfcougars.com%2fsports%2ffootball\/RK=2\/RS=FZzcxFVhHeAw0wAXjL9HCr_Ravw-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sioux Falls product<\/a> began his career in a special teams role. While he played in all 16 games, he didn&#8217;t record a start and finished his inaugural campaign with just seven tackles, no sacks, and no tackles-for-loss. The Cardinals finished with the worst record in football and replaced head coach Steve Wilks with Kliff Kingsbury.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran spent 2019 in a similar role before breaking out in 2020. While he remained a situational player, the veteran thrived as a third down pass rusher, finishing the year with seven sacks, 16 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, and 10 quarterback hits in 14 games. He returned to his limited role in 2021 and 2022 before earning a larger role in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing in all 17 games while making a career-best eight starts, the Sioux Falls product finished the 2023 season with six sacks, 46 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, and 12 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n<p>Since signing his rookie contract, Dennis Gardeck has appeared in 96 games while making 17 starts. While on the field, the veteran recorded 17 sacks, 156 tackles, 23 tackles-for-loss, and 35 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Patrick Breen &#8211; USA Today Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran edge defender Dennis Gardeck signed a new contract. 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