19 Ernest Wilford
WR
6-4
223 lbs
1/14/1979
Richmond, VA
Virginia Tech

Fourth-year receiver who has started 23 of 47 games … Recorded career receiving totals of 96 receptions for 1,476 yards (15.4 avg.) and 11 touchdowns along with two 100-yard receiving games ... Ranked first in team history with 15.4-yards per reception average … Third-fastest Jaguar to surpass 1,000 receiving yards to start his career when he did so in his 32nd game … Started 20 games the last two seasons … Recorded career-high seven touchdowns in 2005, becoming one of only three Jaguars receivers to have six-plus touchdowns in a season (Jimmy Smith, Keenan McCardell) … Combined for 234 receiving yards in two consecutive games in 2005 (Oct. 30 at St. Louis; Nov. 6 vs. Houston), the highest two-game receiving total since 2001 (Jimmy Smith, 235 yards) … Recorded two game-winning receptions as a rookie … Has 11 career touchdowns which the Jaguars are 9-1 in those games … Recorded 23 career receptions for 20-plus yards … Was selected in the fourth round of the 2004 draft with pick obtained in a trade with Baltimore for wide receiver Kevin Johnson …

2006:
Played in all 16 games with a career-high 12 starts … Finished with 36 receptions for 524 yards (14.6 avg.) and two touchdowns with a long of 41 yards … Had three receptions for 58 yards on Sept. 10 vs. Dallas … Started first game of the season on Sept. 24 at Indianapolis and recorded three receptions for 32 yards … Caught 40-yard reception on Oct. 8 vs. New York Jets … On Nov. 5 vs. Tennessee, scored career-high two touchdowns on three receptions, scoring on 11 and 22 yard passes from David Garrard … Had two receptions for 25 yards on Nov. 12 vs. Houston … Led team with five receptions for 72 yards on Nov. 20 vs. New York Giants … Finished with two receptions for 44 yards with a long of 41 on Dec. 24 vs. New England.

COLLEGE

Played in 49 games and finished with 126 receptions for 2,052 yards and 11 touchdowns, topping the school record of 121 catches by Antonio Freeman (1991-94) … All-Conference first-team choice as a senior … Had 55 receptions for 886 yards and three touchdowns as a senior … Earned second-team All-Conference as a junior … Graduated with a degree in sociology.

PERSONAL

Married (Robyn Denise) … Lives in Richmond, Va. … Had 15 receptions for 247 yards and three touchdowns as a senior and had four sacks at Franklin/Armstrong Military High in Richmond, Va. … Earned All-State honors in track and was named to the All-National team … At Fork Union Military Academy in 1998 caught 25 passes for 297 yards and seven touchdowns … Hosted Straight Talk in 2006 … Hosts annual Ernest Wilford Golf Classic … Joined his wife as host of the Great Easter Egg Event at the Johnson Family YMCA for youth … Served as celebrity dance competitor in the Swinging with the Stars 2 - fundraiser for FCCJ Dance Department … Avid golfer … Participates in charity golf tournaments … Visits local elementary schools … Participated in the second annual Shop with the Cops sponsored by the Nassau County Police Department … Supports local military … Actively supports the charitable efforts of his teammates … Wilford and his wife served as mentors through Big Brothers Big Sisters … Supports and attends team sponsored events including Jaguars Taste of the NFL dinner and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation programs including Straight Talk and Playbooks … Recipient of 2004 Jaguars/Morgan Stanley Community Leader of the Year Award … Full name: Ernest Lee Wilford, Jr.