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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Darragh Culhane

Irish kicker James McCourt fails to make Jacksonville Jaguars final roster

The wait for another Irish player will go on after James McCourt was cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

McCourt looked set to make his NFL debut after making the 53-man roster yesterday but was cut on Wednesday.

McCourt was born in Dublin and kicked at University of Illinois and was poised to be the first Irish player to play in the NFL since Neil O’Donoghue played for the St Louis Cardinals in 1985.

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