{"id":38735,"date":"2018-03-15T16:42:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38735"},"modified":"2018-03-15T16:42:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:42:57","slug":"austin-seferian-jenkins-signs-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/03\/15\/austin-seferian-jenkins-signs-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Seferian-Jenkins Signing With Jacksonville Jaguars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SefeAu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Seferian-Jenkins<\/a><\/strong> is on his way back to the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>Per <b>Jordan\u00a0Schulz<\/b> of Yahoo Sports, the 25-year-old tight end will sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>. NFL Network&#8217;s <strong>Ian Rapoport<\/strong> added that he&#8217;s signing a two-year, $10 million deal with the opportunity to make $11 million with incentives. Seferian-Jenkins spent his first two seasons in the league and part of a third with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> before joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jets\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Jets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Austin Seferian-Jenkins signs two year deal with Jags, per source<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/974381702524088321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jets<\/a> TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins to a 2-year worth $10M, source said. He can make up to $11M. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Schultz_Report<\/a> on it first.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/974382991500890112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Jacksonville Jaguars Will Sign Tight End Austin Seferian-Jenkins to Two-Year Contract<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>In his second season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Jets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SefeAu00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Seferian-Jenkins<\/a> set NFL career highs in a number of categories. First, he played his most games in a single season (13). Obviously, that&#8217;s not the 16-game benchmark that every NFL player strives for, but it was an improvement over his previous career high (9).<\/p>\n<p>Seferian-Jenkins&#8217; attention to his own personal health is likely the primary variable in the increased availability. It had been no secret that he had a drinking problem earlier in his career. However, he was able to move on from those issues in 2017. Seferian-Jenkins was <a href=\"http:\/\/profootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2017\/08\/18\/sober-for-seven-months-austin-seferian-jenkins-has-never-felt-so-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> clean and sober for seven months before the 2017 season had started. That in itself is a great achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Second, Seferian-Jenkins set a career high in catches (50). Those receptions placed him 13th at the position for the 2017 season. His previous career high had been only 21 receptions. Since Seferian-Jenkins was able to remain healthy, he was able to catch more passes from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCoJo01.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh McCown<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>McCown and company targeted him 74 times over the course of the season (good for 14th at the position). The increased targets led to Seferian-Jenkins also setting a career high in receiving yards (357). The 357 yards was the 26th best (if you want to think optimistically) in the league last year for a tight end. With 50 catches and 357 yards, it would be fair to say that Seferian-Jenkins wasn&#8217;t a downfield threat in 2017. He did, however, demonstrate that ability earlier in his career.<\/p>\n<p>In his brief second season with the Buccaneers, Seferian-Jenkins averaged a career-best 16.1 yards per reception. The Buccaneers had selected the 6&#8217;6&#8243; tight end from the University of Washington to pair with\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JackVi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vincent Jackson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(6&#8217;5&#8243;) and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=EvanMi20,EvanMi00,EvanMi21&amp;search=Mike+Evans&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Evans<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(6&#8217;5&#8243;) to form an unstoppable trio. And for seven games in 2015, it looked like Seferian-Jenkins was going to break out and\u00a0live up to his first-round draft status. However, an AC joint injury ruined what could have been his best season since his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/austin-seferian-jenkins-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sophomore season<\/a>\u00a0at Washington.<\/p>\n<p>While people expected the former first rounder to have more impressive statistics at this point in his career, it&#8217;s important to remember that he still has time. Seferian-Jenkins will only be 26 when the next season starts. 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