The brunt of the offseason is in the books and training camp is still off on the horizon. Join us in the NFL’s dead zone with a player-by-player review of the Jaguars roster ahead of the 2023 season.
When the Jacksonville Jaguars dished out $30 million to Darious Williams, they intended to put the former Los Angeles Rams cornerback in the slot.
While that seemed like a perfect fit for the smart, 5’9 defensive back, it was a different role than the outside cornerback spot he held down as a starter in his final two seasons with the Rams. The transition didn’t go smoothly in Jacksonville, though.
After struggling in the slot, Williams got another shot as an outside cornerback when Shaquill Griffin landed on injured reserve and the rotating door of replacements struggled to fill the role. Williams was a boon to the secondary on the outside, allowing only four receptions for 24 yards on 14 targets in the last four games of the regular season.
A year later, Williams is the clear-cut favorite to start opposite Tyson Campbell in 2023.
Contract (2023): $11 million base salary, $500,000 prorated signing bonus, $500,000 roster bonus, $500,000 workout bonus, $12.5 million cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars signed Williams to a three-year deal on March 16, 2022.
- 61.4 (2022)
- 65.3 (2021 – LAR)
- 80.0 (2020 – LAR)
- 78.9 (2019 – LAR)
- 64.1 (2018 – LAR)
Statistics:
- 16 passes defended, two tackles for loss, 53 tackles (2022)
- Nine passes defended, fumble recovery, three tackles for loss, 71 tackles (2021)
- 14 passes defended, four interceptions, one tackle for loss, 44 tackles (2020)
- Four passes defended, two interceptions, fumble recovery, one tackle for loss, 15 tackles (2019)
Highlight:
Darious Williams with a nice PBU early in the 1qtr pic.twitter.com/SEFtE6oIgX
— Fitz (@LaurieFitzptrck) September 25, 2022
Quote: “I couldn’t wait to come back home. I pretty much knew it was going to be the Jags the whole time. I had to put a little pause on there to see what other teams were talking, but I just knew it would be nothing like coming home.” – Williams
| Calvin Ridley (No. 0) | Travis Etienne Jr. (No. 1) | Rayshawn Jenkins (No. 2) | C.J. Beathard (No. 3) | Tank Bigsby (No. 4) | Andre Cisco (No. 5) |
| Chris Claybrooks (No. 6) | Zay Jones (No. 7) | Logan Cooke (No. 9) | Parker Washington (No. 11) | James McCourt (No. 12) | Christian Kirk (No. 13) |
| Kendric Pryor (No. 14) | Tim Jones (No. 15) | Trevor Lawrence (No. 16) | Evan Engram (No. 17) | Nathan Rourke (No. 18) | Sammis Reyes (No. 19) |
| Daniel Thomas (No. 20) | Latavious Brini (No. 21) | JaMycal Hasty (No. 22) | Foyesade Oluokun (No. 23) | Snoop Conner (No. 24) | D’Ernest Johnson (No. 25) |
| Antonio Johnson (No. 26) | Divaad Wilson (No. 27) | Tevaughn Campbell (No. 29) | Montaric Brown (No. 30) | Darious Williams (No. 31) | Tyson Campbell (No. 32) |
| Devin Lloyd (No. 33) | Gregory Junior (No. 34) | Ayo Oyelola (No. 35) | Christian Braswell (No. 36) | Tre Herndon (No. 37) | Qadree Ollison (No. 38) |
| Jamal Agnew (No. 39) | Erick Hallett (No. 40) | Josh Allen (No. 41) | Andrew Wingard (No. 42) | Kaleb Hayes (No. 43) | Derek Parish (No. 43) |
| Travon Walker (No. 44) | K’Lavon Chaisson (No. 45) | Ross Matiscik (No. 46) | De’Shaan Dixon (No. 47) | Chad Muma (No. 48) | Leonard Taylor (No. 49) |
| Shaquille Quarterman (No. 50) | Ventrell Miller (No. 51) | DaVon Hamilton (No. 52) | Willie Taylor III (No. 53) | DJ Coleman (No. 54) | Dequan Jackson (No. 55) |
| Yasir Abdullah (No. 56) | Caleb Johnson (No. 57) | Raymond Vohasek (No. 59) | Darryl Williams (No. 60) | Samuel Jackson (No. 62) | Coy Cronk (No. 64) |
| Chandler Brewer (No. 67) | Brandon Scherff (No. 68) | Tyler Shatley (No. 69) | Cole Van Lanen (No. 70) | Walker Little (No. 72) | Blake Hance (No. 73) |
| Cam Robinson (No. 74) | Cooper Hodges (No. 75) | Anton Harrison (No. 76) | Josh Wells (No. 77) | Ben Bartch (No. 78) | Luke Fortner (No. 79) |
| Kevin Austin Jr. (No. 80) | Seth Williams (No. 81) | Elijah Cooks (No. 84) | Brenton Strange (No. 85) | Gerrit Prince (No. 86) | Jaray Jenkins (No. 87) |
| Oliver Martin (No. 88) | Luke Farrell (No. 89) | Henry Mondeaux (No. 90) | Jordan Smith (No. 92) | Tyler Lacy (No. 93) | Folorunso Fatukasi (No. 94) |
| Roy Robertson-Harris (No. 95) | Adam Gotsis (No. 96) | Nick Thurman (No. 97) | Michael Dogbe (No. 98) | Jeremiah Ledbetter (No. 99) | Brandon McManus |
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