11 Reggie Williams
WR
6-4
214 lbs
5/17/1983
Tacoma, WA
Washington

Fourth-year veteran receiver who is coming off a career-best season in 2006 … Highest drafted receiver in team history as he was ninth overall pick in 2004 draft … Career totals include 114 receptions for 1,329 yards and five touchdowns along with nine rushes for 36 yards … Has played in all 48 games since being drafted with 36 starts … Led team in 2006 with a career-high 52 receptions and four receiving touchdowns and ranked second with 616 receiving yards … Started 15 games as a rookie, more than any other rookie receiver in team history … One of two foreign born players on the roster (Rob Meier, Vancouver, British Columbia) …

2006:
Started 14 of 16 games … Posted career-highs in receptions (52), receiving touchdowns (4) and receiving yards (616) … Led team in receptions and finished second in receiving yards … Recorded 16 receptions in the first three games, the most receptions by a Jaguar to start the season since 2002 … Opened the season with six receptions for 47 yards and one touchdown on Sept. 10 vs. Dallas … Followed with a career-high eight receptions for 95 yards on Sept. 18 vs. Pittsburgh, including a career-long reception of 48 yards … Had two receptions at Indianapolis on Sept. 24 … On Oct. 1 at Washington, registered first career two-touchdown game as he caught four passes for 94 yards including three 20-plus receptions (35, 33t, 21t) … Led team with four receptions for 53 yards and a touchdown on Oct. 8 vs. New York Jets … Had a rush for 10 yards on Nov. 20 vs. New York Giants … Recorded five receptions for 43 yards on Dec. 3 at Miami … Finished with a team-high three receptions for 16 yards on Dec. 10 vs. Indianapolis … Followed with team-high 88 receiving yards on four receptions with a long of 35 yards on Dec. 17 at Tennessee … Finished with six receptions for 90 yards in season-finale at Kansas City on Dec. 31.

COLLEGE

Started 32 of 36 games and rewrote most of the school's receiving records … Left school following his junior season … Had 238 career receptions for 3,536 yards and 22 touchdowns … Only player in school history to gain over 1,000 yards receiving twice in a career and only player in school history to gain over 900 yards receiving in a season three times … All-Conference first-team selection as a junior and sophomore … Majored in psychology.

PERSONAL

Single … Lives in Lakewood, Wash. … Attended Lakes (Tacoma, Wash.) High, earning Washington's AP State Player of the Year honors … Led Lakes to the state championship game with 45 catches for 881 yards and 16 touchdowns … Also rushed 34 times for 512 yards and seven scores, and made eight interceptions on defense … Supports teammates community efforts and team initiatives … Participates in a variety of community outreach activities … Helped out at a local YMCA where he along with other teammates helped pass out sporting goods equipment to the youth … Visits local children's hospital … Participates in charitable efforts of teammates … Supports and attends team related events like Draft Day Fan Fest, Operation Blessing, Jaguars Taste of the NFL and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Playbooks reading initiative … Full name: Reginald Williams, Jr

29 Brian Williams
CB
5-11
198 lbs
7/2/1979
High Point, NC
NC State



Hard-hitting corner who starts on the right side opposite Pro Bowler Rashean Mathis … Signed as unrestricted free agent from Minnesota in 2006 … Has played in 77 games with 63 starts … Career totals include 325 tackles (259 solo), 13 interceptions, four sacks, eight forced fumbles and one fumble recovery … Started 15 games in first season with the Jaguars and finished with 63 tackles, one forced fumble and one interception … Was originally a fourth-round pick (105th overall) of Minnesota in 2002 draft … Played in two postseason games in 2004 and had 12 tackles and one interception … Tied Minnesota's single-game record with three interceptions against Detroit on Nov. 23, 2003 … Only the fourth player in team history to post 200-plus yards on interception returns in a single-season (2003) … Holds team record for single-season sacks by a cornerback with three in 2003 … Started seven games as a rookie in 2002 …

2006:
Started 15 games and totaled 63 tackles (47 solo), one forced fumble, one interception and six special teams tackles … Was inactive on Nov. 26 at Buffalo with hamstring injury … Registered six tackles and two passes defensed in season-opener on Sept. 10 vs. Dallas … Led team with four passes defensed on Sept. 18 vs. Pittsburgh … Made seven tackles and forced a fumble on Oct. 1 at Washington … Collected first interception as a Jaguar on Oct. 8 vs. New York Jets as he picked off Chad Pennington … Tallied seven tackles (four solo) and one pass defensed on Nov. 12 vs. Houston … Returned to the lineup on Dec. 3 at Miami and finished with five tackles while not missing a snap … Made seven solo tackles on Dec. 24 vs. New England.

COLLEGE

Three-year starter at free safety and cornerback … Started 10 of 11 games as a senior at right cornerback … Moved from free safety to right cornerback prior to junior season ... Recorded a career-high 131 tackles as a sophomore … Majored in sociology.

PERSONAL

Single … Resides in Raleigh, N.C. … Attended Southwest Guilford High (High Point, N.C.) … Selected as Piedmont Triad 3A 1997 Player of the Year … Named to Raleigh News and Observer Carolinas’ Top 25 prospect recognition … Played in 1997 Shrine Bowl Game … Participated in charity golf tournaments … Enjoys reading to kids and visiting elementary schools … Supports the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Playbooks reading initiative … Participates in charitable efforts of his teammates; … Supports and attends team sponsored events … Full name: Brian Williams.

74 Maurice Williams
OT
6-5
315 lbs
1/26/1979
Detroit, MI
Michigan

Will compete for starting job at left tackle with Khalif Barnes, after making the move from right tackle where he has started 85 games … Has started every game in five of six seasons and is tied with Rashean Mathis for the longest active streak on the team with 64 consecutive starts, tied for third-longest in team history … Played major role on offensive line in 2006 that helped set single-season franchise record for rushing yards (2,541) and also the single-game record for rushing yards (375, vs. Ind.) … Member of offensive line in 2003 that allowed the fewest sacks in team history (23), while blocking for a rookie quarterback in Byron Leftwich … Leader on the offensive line that helped Fred Taylor rush for a team-record 1,572 yards in 2003 … Second-round draft choice who started all 16 games in 2001 and 2003 and first five games of 2002 before suffering a season-ending leg injury … Became only fourth Jaguar to start every game in his rookie season … Jaguars’ highest-drafted offensive tackle (43rd overall) since Tony Boselli (second choice overall) and Brian DeMarco (40th) in 1995, until Mike Pearson was drafted in 40th spot in 2002 … Was the fourth offensive tackle drafted in 2001 …

2006:
Started all 16 games at right tackle for the third consecutive season … Did not miss a snap in 14 games … Jaguars set a single-season franchise record for rushing yards with 2,541 as they averaged 158.8 yards per game … Helped pave the way for a franchise record 5.0-yard rushing average … As a unit, the Jaguars allowed only 30 sacks … Part of an offensive line that led Jaguars to a franchise-record 375 rushing yards against Indianapolis on Dec. 10, one of two 200-yard rushing games. Jaguars surpassed the previous high of 244 rushing yards on Dec. 3, 2000 against Cleveland.

COLLEGE

Started every game as a senior after as a reserve for two years … Played on the defensive line as a freshman before being converted into an offensive lineman … All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention as a senior right tackle … Played in every game as a junior with second unit at right offensive tackle … Graduated with a degree in sports management.

PERSONAL

Married (Reulonda) … Lives in Jacksonville … Attended Pershing High in Detroit, where he was chosen first-team All-America and rated the sixth-best offensive lineman in the country by Super Prep and second overall on Detroit Free Press’ “Best of the Midwest” list … Named All-America by Street & Smith’s, Gatorade and Reebok as a senior … First-team All-USA by USA Today … Three-year starter as a two-way lineman … Made 283 tackles and 31 sacks during his career, adding 31 forced fumbles and 15 deflected passes … Recorded 102 tackles as a senior while making 11 sacks … Also lettered four times on volleyball team … Attended classes in 2007 at the Stanford School of Business as part of the NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial program … Spent 2005 offseason as an intern for Merrill-Lynch in Jacksonville … Supports numerous team-related community causes, including Gift of Life Blood Drive … Makes visits to local schools … Supports Jaguars Foundation’s Playbooks … Recipient of 2005 Community Champion Award and spokesman for Prostate Awareness … Member of the Jaguars HabiJax build team … Nickname: Big Mo … Full name: Maurice Carlos Williams.

67 Vince Manuwai
G
6-2
325 lbs
7/12/1980
Honolulu, HI
Hawaii


Durable guard who has missed only one game in four seasons … Has started 62 of 63 games in four seasons at guard including every game the last three seasons … Jaguars ranked sixth in rushing from 2003-06 with a 131.6 average … Played major role on offensive line in 2006 that helped set single-season franchise record for rushing yards (2,541) and also the single-game record for rushing yards (375, vs. Ind.) … Considered one of the steals of the 2003 draft … Third-round pick was the second guard drafted after Eric Steinbach (second round, Bengals) … First player drafted by Jaguars out of Hawaii … Second-highest drafted guard ever by Jaguars (Brad Meester, 60th in 2000) …

2006:
Started all 16 games at left guard … Did not miss a snap in 14 games … Jaguars set a single-season franchise record for rushing yards with 2,541 as they averaged 158.8 yards per game … Helped pave the way for a franchise record 5.0-yard rushing average … As a unit, the Jaguars allowed only 30 sacks … Part of an offensive line that led Jaguars to a franchise-record 375 rushing yards against Indianapolis on Dec. 10, one of two 200-yard rushing games. Jaguars surpassed the previous high of 244 rushing yards on Dec. 3, 2000 against Cleveland.

COLLEGE

Three-year starter who could play any position on the line … Did not allow a quarterback sack in his last 35 games as a starter … All-America first-team choice by College Football News as a senior … Majored in sociology.

PERSONAL

Married (Jaime) with daughter Kawaipiilama (5) and sons Kalamaikapo (9), Lototoa (3) and Taimua (2) … Lives in Jacksonville … Attended Farrington High in Honolulu … Earned three letters in both football and track and two letters in basketball and one in paddling … All-State pick in football … First-team All-League in discus … Supports and attends team sponsored events including Food Drive and Operation Blessing … Actively supports the charitable efforts of his teammates … Enjoys interacting with kids and visiting local community agencies … Full name: Vincent Keoni Manuwai … Last name pronounced: MAH-new-why.

18 Matt Jones
WR
6-6
238 lbs
4/22/1983
Fort Smith, AR
Arkansas

Third-year receiver has ability to stretch the field … Made the switch from collegiate quarterback to NFL wide receiver as a rookie in 2005 … Career totals include 77 receptions for 1,075 yards (14.0 avg.) with nine touchdowns along with 14 rushes for 36 yards … Has started five of 30 games and posted three 100-yard receiving games … Only third player in team history to record three-plus 100-yard games (Jimmy Smith, 46; Keenan McCardell, 19) … Athletic playmaker who has ability to rush and pass the football … Led team in 2006 with a career-high 643 receiving yards on 41 receptions and four touchdowns … Surpassed 1,000 yards receiving in his 30th game, the fastest player in team history to accomplish the feat … Has completed 2 of 3 passes for 12 yards … Became the first Jaguars position player to complete two passes in his career and joined only LaBrandon Toefield and Bryan Barker as the three non-quarterbacks to complete a pass in a regular season game … Selected with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NFL draft … Was the fourth overall wide receiver drafted behind Braylon Edwards, Troy Williamson and Mike Williams … Ranked fifth among NFL rookies in yards (432), third in receptions (36) and second in receiving touchdowns (5) in 2005 …

2006:
Played in 14 games with a career-high four starts … Was inactive for two games with hamstring injury … Led team with 643 receiving yards along with a career-high 41 receptions for four touchdowns … Posted two 100-yard receiving games and had 13 receptions of 20-plus yards … Had career-best and team-high 15.7-yards average per reception … Led team with 71 yards receiving on five receptions in season-opener vs. Dallas on Sept. 10 … Finished with six receptions for 73 yards on Sept. 18 vs. Pittsburgh … Started at Washington on Oct. 1 and had two receptions for 13 yards … Led team with 66 receiving yards on three receptions on Nov. 5 vs. Tennessee with all three receptions resulting in first downs … Recorded career-long 49-yard reception from David Garrard vs. New York Giants on Nov. 20 … Made three-yard game-tying touchdown reception on Nov. 26 at Buffalo … Set career-highs in receiving with six receptions for 128 yards and one touchdown on Dec. 3 at Miami, his first 100-yard game of the season. Scored on a 15-yard touchdown pass from David Garrard against the Dolphins … Had three-yard touchdown grab in starting role on Dec. 17 at Tennessee … Finished with four receptions for a team-high 69 yards on Dec. 24 vs. New England, including a 33-yard touchdown reception … In season-finale on Dec. 31 at Kansas City, recorded five receptions for 104 yards.

COLLEGE

Four-year letterman at Arkansas at quarterback … Finished career with 417 of 755 passes for 5,857 yards, 53 touchdowns and 30 interceptions … Set conference record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 2,535 yards on 382 carries and 24 touchdowns … Set school record with 8,392 yards in total offense and was responsible for school-record 77 touchdowns … Finished with a career-high 2,073 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior along with 83 rushes for 622 yards and scores … Majored in education.

PERSONAL

Single … Lives in Van Buren, Ark. … Attended Northside (Fort Smith, Ark.) High as a senior … All-Arkansas and All-State quarterback who completed 62 of 137 passes for 830 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior and earned 939 yards and 13 touchdowns on 105 rushing attempts … Ranked in the top five in the state in punt returns … Spent the first three years of his prep career at Van Buren (Ark.) High … Split time as a junior between quarterback and wide receiver, recording 520 receiving yards and five touchdowns on 22 catches … Finalist for McDonald's All-America honors in basketball … As a junior in basketball, broke former All-America basketball player Corliss Williamson's conference record for season scoring average (24.5 points per game) … Avid hunter and fisherman … Enjoys reading to elementary students … Participated in Designs from the Heart home visit in 2006 … Supports and attends team sponsored events including Operation Blessing, Jaguars annual Taste of the NFL dinner and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Playbooks reading initiative … Supports the charitable efforts of his teammate … Participated in youth football camps as a rookie in 2005 … Attended annual Jaguars food drive … Full name: Matthew Jones.

32 Maurice Jones-Drew
RB / KR
5-7
212 lbs
3/23/1985
Antioch, CA
UCLA

Explosive, tough, all-purpose back who has a knack for the big play … Broke 10 team records as a rookie running back and kickoff returner … Finished with 2,250 all-purpose yards, the third-most by a rookie in NFL history, and set a team record for all-purpose yards in a season and in a game (303, vs. Indianapolis, Dec. 10) … Finished with 166 rushes for 941 yards (5.7 avg.) and team-high 13 touchdowns rushing and a team rookie-record 46 receptions for 436 yards and two touchdowns … Led team with 31 kickoff returns for 860 yards (27.7 avg.) and one touchdown. The 27.7 average was the highest single-season mark in team history. … Led all NFL rookies and ranked tied for third in the NFL with 16 touchdowns (13 rushing, 2 receiving, 1 kickoff return), including a rushing touchdown in a NFL-record (by a rookie) eight consecutive games … Led all NFL running backs with a 5.7 average per carry, the highest in team history … Tied for NFL-lead with six touchdowns of 10-plus yards and ranked tied for third with three touchdowns of 20-plus yards … Ranked 3rd in the NFL in all-purpose yards in 2006, trailing only Steven Jackson of St. Louis (2,334) and NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson of San Diego (2,323) … Along with Fred Taylor (231-1,146, 5 TDs), formed the NFL's second-best rushing duo in 2006 and best in team history with 2,087 rushing yards … Helped Jaguars set a single-season franchise record for rushing yards with 2,541 (158.8 yards per game) … Fourth-highest drafted running back by Jacksonville (60th overall), behind Fred Taylor and James Stewart, both first round picks, and Greg Jones (2004, 55th overall) … Was one of six running backs selected in the first two rounds of the 2006 NFL Draft and ranked first among the group in total TDs (16), total yards (2,250), average per touch (9.2), average per rush (5.7), average per reception (9.5) and was second in rushing yards (941) … Became only fifth player in UCLA history to lead the team in rushing in all three seasons and left with the school record 4,688 all-purpose yards …

2006:
Played in all 16 games with one start … Finished with team-record 2,250 all-purpose yards … Ranked second on the team in rushing with 166 carries for 941 yards with a team-high 13 rushing touchdowns and also ranked second with 46 receptions (team rookie record) for 436 yards and two touchdowns … Finished with 31 kickoff returns for 860 yards (27.7 avg.) … Produced three of the top seven single-game all-purpose yards totals in team history … Registered three 100-yard rushing games and joined Fred Taylor (1998, six 100-yard games) as the only rookies in team history to rush for 100-plus yards … Scored a touchdown in eight consecutive games, tying Fred Taylor (8, 1998) for most in team history, and registered at least one score in 12 of the last 14 games … Ranked second in team history with 16 touchdowns (Taylor, 17, 1998) in a season and was also second to Taylor (14) for most rushing touchdowns as a rookie with 13 … Ranked 8th in the AFC and 15th in the NFL with 1,377 yards from scrimmage … Ranked 3rd in the NFL with a 27.7 kickoff return average … Recorded first career 100-yard rushing game with 103 yards on 13 carries on Sept. 24 at Indianapolis along with four receptions for 32 yards and a seven-yard touchdown reception from Byron Leftwich. Returned four kickoffs for 109 yards (27.3 avg.) against the Colts and finished with 244 all-purpose yards … Scored on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Leftwich on Oct. 1 at Washington, the longest completion of the season for the Jaguars … Led team with two rushing touchdowns on Oct. 8 vs. New York Jets … Led team with a career-high seven receptions for 58 yards on Oct. 22 at Houston and added a one-yard touchdown run … Carried the ball 21 times for 77 yards on Oct. 29 at Philadelphia … Had four receptions for 56 yards and a three-yard touchdown run on Nov. 12 vs. Houston … On Nov. 20 vs. New York Giants, he finished with nine carries for 45 yards and one touchdown rushing, two receptions for 16 yards and two kickoff returns for 38 yards … At Buffalo on Nov. 26, he rushed eight times for 78 yards with runs of 24, 17, 14t and 13 yards. Led team with five receptions for 47 yards against the Bills and recorded three kickoffs for 101 yards with a long of 50 yards … Scored on a 32-yard run on Dec. 3 at Miami … Set a team-record for all-purpose yards in a game with 303 vs. Indianapolis on Dec. 10, finishing with 15 rushes for a career-high 161 yards and two touchdowns, one reception for 15 yards, two kickoffs for 109 yards (54.5 avg.) and one touchdown and one punt return for 13 yards. The 303 all-purpose yards ranked fourth in NFL history by a rookie and were the most since Tim Brown had 306 on November 28, 1998 for Oakland. Had a 93-yard kickoff return against the Colts, the third-longest in team history, and also scored on a 18-yard run on the second offensive play and a 48-yard scamper in the second quarter … Named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week and was presented the NFL Player of the Day Golden Peacock Award by NBC following the Colts game … Led team with a career-high 25 carries for 98 yards and one touchdown at Tennessee on Dec. 17 along with three receptions for 47 yards … Made first career start on Dec. 24 vs. New England and led team with 19 carries for 131 yards and two touchdowns along with six receptions for 41 yards … Scored on a 74-yard run against the Patriots, the second-longest touchdown run in team history … Led team with 12 rushes for 46 yards and one touchdown in season-finale at Kansas City on Dec. 31, surpassing former Baltimore Colt Curtis Dickey (1980) for the NFL rookie record with a rushing touchdown in his eighth consecutive game.

COLLEGE

Started 22 of 36 games in three seasons and finished with 2,503 rushing yards on 481 carries along with 26 touchdowns … Recorded 64 career receptions for 819 yards and seven touchdowns … Left school following his junior season and was only the fifth player in school history to lead the team in rushing in all three seasons and also served as a punt and kickoff returner where he set the school record with 4,688 all-purpose yards … As a senior, was consensus All-America selection as all-purpose back and All-Pac 10 first-team selection as punt returner … Majored in history.

PERSONAL

Single … Lives in Antioch, Calif. … Attended De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) High … Lettered three times in football … Parade, Prep Star and Super Prep All-America selection who was also a member of the Super Prep Elite 50 team, in addition to earning that publication's FarWest Offensive Player of the Year honors … Added All-West accolades from Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report and was a Max Emfinger six-star selection as all-purpose back … Earned Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, first-team All-State, State Running Back of the Year and Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West honorable mention recognition … Member of team that extended the school's game winning streak to 138 games … Gained 1,457 yards rushing, averaging 11.9 yards per attempt, and had 26 total touchdowns in 12 games as a senior … Four-year member of the track team as a sprinter … Has worn a Superman t-shirt underneath his jersey since he was 10-years old playing Pop Warner football in Pinole, Calif. … Hosted a football camp for youth in summer of 2006 … Active participant of the Jaguars Rookie Club that included community visits to local children's hospital, elementary schools, feeding the homeless, youth football camps, local high school football practices and a variety of other outreach activities … Attended surprise birthday party for 20-year old JT Townsend … Taped PSA for Florida/Georgia Blood Alliance to promote annual blood drive … Partnered with local chapter of Character Counts … Represented Jaguars during Super Bowl XLI in South Florida for annual Taste of the NFL hunger-relief fundraiser … Supports and attends team sponsored events like Operation Blessing, Food Drive Kick-off, Jaguars Taste of the NFL dinner and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Playbooks reading initiative … Participates in the charitable efforts of teammates … Full name: Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew.

86 Dennis Northcutt
WR / PR
5-11
171 lbs
12/22/1977
Los Angeles, CA
Arizona

Veteran receiver and punt returner who possesses outstanding speed and quickness … Signed by the Jaguars on March 5, 2007 as an unrestricted free agent … Spent his first seven NFL seasons with Cleveland where he started 45 of 99 games … Career totals include 276 receptions for 3,483 yards and 11 TDs along with 45 rushes for 330 yards and one TD … Excelled as a punt returner with totals of 202 returns for 2,149 yards (10.6 avg.) and three TDs … Holds the Browns franchise record for career punt returns and career punt return yardage … Has registered a 10.0-yard punt return average or higher in five of seven seasons and has recorded punt return touchdowns of 87, 74, and 62 yards … Ranked fourth in the NFL in 2006 with a 11.1 punt return average … Scored two receiving TDs in AFC Wild Card Game at Pittsburgh in 2002 … Had breakout year in 2002 for the Browns as he led the club with 8 TDs (5 receiving, 2 punt returns, 1 rush) … Played collegiately at Arizona where he still holds 12 school records, including the school’s record for all-purpose yards (5,392) …

2006:
Played in 13 games with six starts ... Finished with 22 receptions for 228 yards (10.4) avg. and 28 punt returns for 312 yards … Ranked fourth in the NFL with 11.1 punt return average … Had two punt returns for 41 yards (20.5 avg.) vs. New Orleans on Sept. 10, including a long of 31 yards … Started at WR and finished with three receptions for 32 yards vs. Baltimore on Sept. 24, including a long 27 yards … At Oakland on Oct. 1, he recorded three punt returns for 73 yards (24.3 avg.) with a long of 58 yards … Was inactive vs. Denver on Oct. 22 and vs. N.Y. Jets on Oct. 29 with rib injury … Finished with three punt returns for 104 yards (34.7 avg.) at San Diego on Nov. 5 … Set up a Cleveland score with a 81-yard punt return against the Chargers, the second-longest of his career and fifth-longest in franchise history … Had 43-yard reception vs. Cincinnati on Nov. 26.

COLLEGE

Holds 12 school records as he finished with 223 career receptions for 3,252 yards … Ranks second on the Pac-10 Conference career record lists for receptions and receiving yards … Set school record with 5,392 career all-purpose yards … Started career as a cornerback … As a senior, he set school single-season record with 88 receptions for 1,422 yards (16.8 avg.) and 8 TDs … Led conference and ranked second in the nation with 23 punt returns for 436 yards (19.0 avg.) and 2 TDs … Averaged 187.4 all-purpose yards per game … Earned All-America first-team honors as an all-purpose back by SportsPage.com, the Associated Press and Football Writers Association … Finalist for the Mosi Tatupu Award, given to the top special teams player in the nation … Was All-Pac 10 Conference first-team selection as a junior by The Sports Network … Led team with 63 receptions for 916 yards (15.8 avg.) and 9 TDs … Returned 38 punts for 437 yards and added 11 kickoff returns for 219 yards … Earned a bachelor’s degree in communications.

PERSONAL

Single … Lives in Los Angeles, Calif. … Attended Dorsey (Los Angeles) High … All-City and All-Conference selection and lettered twice in both football and track … Named City Offensive Player of the Year as a senior as he rushed for 900 yards on 74 carries, averaged 34.2 yards per kickoff return and set a school-record with 23 touchdowns … Cousin, Greg Gales, played football at UNLV … Attended same high school as NFL players Keyshawn Johnson and Na'il Diggs … Was active in the Cleveland community by speaking to students about non-violence and visiting children in local hospitals … Helped build a home for Habitat for Humanity … Supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation … Distributed turkeys to Cleveland residents during the holiday season and hosted a toy drive during the holidays for Toys for Tots … Full name: Dennis Northcutt.

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.

27 Rashean Mathis
CB
6-1
200 lbs
8/27/1980
Jacksonville, FL
Bethune-Cookman


Pro Bowl ballhawking corner who has led the Jaguars in interceptions for three straight seasons … Has started all 64 games after being drafted in second round of 2003 draft … Career totals include 303 tackles (226 solo), 20 interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Owns team record with 20 career interceptions ... Ranked second in team history with 267 career interception return yards … Became first Jaguars cornerback to be voted to the Pro Bowl as he was named a starter in 2006, the fourth consecutive season the Jaguars have had a defensive player in the Pro Bowl … Ranked tied for third in the NFL with a team-record eight interceptions in 2006 … Leads all defensive backs selected in the 2003 draft with 20 interceptions … Helped club set a franchise record with 20 interceptions in 2006, one year after tying the franchise record of 19 interceptions in 2005 … Became only fifth Jaguar to make 16 starts as a rookie, starting six games at free safety and 10 at cornerback … One of five Jaguars defenders to return an interception for a touchdown as he scored in an overtime win at Pittsburgh on Oct. 16, 2005 … Joined OT Brian DeMarco (1995), CB Fernando Bryant (1999), G Brad Meester (2000) and OT Maurice Williams (2001) as the only Jaguars rookies who started 16 games … Native of Jacksonville and first player chosen by Jaguars out of Bethune-Cookman … Fourth-highest defensive back ever chosen by Jaguars after Donovin Darius (No. 25 in 1999), Fernando Bryant (No. 26 in 1999), and Reggie Nelson (No. 21 in 2007) … Was one of college football’s best ever at intercepting the football (14 in 2002, 31 total) …

2006:
Started all 16 games at LCB for the fourth straight season … Voted as starter for Pro Bowl and was named to Associated Press All-Pro team … Recorded 71 tackles (54 solo) and team-record eight interceptions for 146 interception return yards … The eight interceptions surpassed the previous single-season record of six set by Aaron Beasley (1999) and Marlon McCree (2002) … The 146 interception return yards ranked second in team history … Had eight tackles and one interception against Dallas in the season-opener on Sept. 10 … Against Pittsburgh on Sept. 18, he put together one of the best games of his career with two fourth quarter interceptions. Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Steelers … Had one interception along with five tackles on Oct. 1 at Washington … Posted second multi-interception game of the season as he intercepted Tennessee QB Vince Young twice on Nov. 5. Returned second interception 55 yards to the Titans' one-yard line … Made five tackles (three solo) and two quarterback pressures on Nov. 12 vs. Houston … Collected his team-record seventh interception on Dec. 3 at Miami along with seven tackles and three passes defensed, including a deflection in the end zone that was intercepted by Gerald Sensabaugh … Concluded season with five tackles and one interception on Dec. 31 at Kansas City.

COLLEGE

Three-time Division I-AA All-America who intercepted 31 passes in four years, starting 43 of 45 games played … Played both cornerback and free safety, in addition to excelling as a punt returner and a sprinter on track team … Three-time All-Conference … Was first defensive back to win the Buck Buchanan Award (Division I-AA's top defensive player), after shattering I-AA season records for interceptions and interception return yards as a senior … Set NCAA single-season record as a senior with 14 interceptions for 455 yards and three touchdowns.

PERSONAL

Single … Lives in Jacksonville ... Attended Englewood High in Jacksonville … Second-team All-State, first-team All-Conference and All-City selection … Avid golfer … Serves on the Jacksonville Parks, Recreation, Entertain-ment and Conservation Advisory Board … Enjoys speaking to elementary and high school students … Supports and attends team sponsored events and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Playbooks reading initiative … Actively supports the charitable efforts of his teammates … Served as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune NFL Week … Hosts a local television show in Jacksonville … Brother, Jerry Williams, played for Jacksonville Jam of the American Basketball Association in 2006-07 … Full name Rashean Jamil Mathis.

63 Brad Meester
C
6-3
300 lbs
3/23/1977
Iowa Falls, IA
Northern Iowa

Veteran center who has started 108 games, tied with Fred Taylor for the sixth-most in team history … One of only nine players to see action in 100 games as a Jaguar and one of six to start at least 100 games … Is the only Jaguars player to start the first 92 regular season games after being drafted … Streak ended when he tore his biceps tendon at Cleveland on Dec. 4, 2005 and was placed on injured reserve … Made the transition from guard to center in 2003 after three years as starter at left guard … Returned to his collegiate position, though he had never played center in a NFL game, and anchored one of the best offensive lines in the NFL in 2003 … Directed signals for Jaguars offense that ranked sixth in the NFL in rushing from 2003-06 with a 131.6 average … Played major role on offensive line in 2006 that helped set single-season franchise record for rushing yards (2,541) and also the single-game record for rushing yards (375, vs. Ind.) … Second-round draft choice in 2000 has the potential to be a Pro Bowler … Was the eighth rookie in franchise history to start the season opener and the third rookie to start all 16 games … First center chosen in the 2000 draft, selected with the 60th pick in the draft … Tied with Michael Cheever (1996) as highest-drafted centers ever by the team …

2006:
Started all 16 games at center and did not miss a snap … Sixth time in seven seasons he did not miss a game … Jaguars set a single-season franchise record for rushing yards with 2,541 as they averaged 158.8 yards per game … Helped pave the way for a franchise record 5.0-yard rushing average … As a unit, the Jaguars allowed only 30 sacks … Part of an offensive line that led Jaguars to a franchise-record 375 rushing yards against Indianapolis on Dec. 10, one of two 200-yard rushing games. Jaguars surpassed the previous high of 244 rushing yards on Dec. 3, 2000 against Cleveland.

COLLEGE

Four-year starter at center and three-time Gateway Conference first-team honoree … Named to Division I-AA Associated Press and Coaches All-America team as a senior … Named to the 1999 GTE Academic All-America team … Graduated with a degree in business management and 3.76 G.P.A.

PERSONAL

Married (Jamie) with daughters Lily and Emma … Lives in Jacksonville … Two-time All-District selection as a linebacker, adding All-State first-team honors as a lineman in his senior year at Aplington-Parkersburg (Iowa) High … Helped lead team to state title as a junior … Lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track … Graduated with a 3.8 grade point average … Participates in numerous charity golf events during the offseason … Actively supports numerous team community programs, including Jaguars Foundation's on-going reading initiative (Playbooks) and the Honor Rows program, in which local at-risk youth earn seats to Jaguars games after achieving academic and/or behavioral goals … Actively supports team community initiatives … Participated in HabiJax build … Supports the Children’s Miracle Network … Full name: Bradley Ryan Meester.