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.
The Jacksonville Jaguars’ kicker position was cast into the spotlight in May when the team opted to replace James Patterson on the roster with former Denver Broncos kicker Brandon McManus.
Not mentioned much in that roster shuffle was James McCourt.
McCourt was born in Dublin, Ireland and moved to Parkland, Fla. when he was 8. He eventually played college football at Illinois where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and broke the school record for field goals from at least 50 yards.
The Los Angeles Chargers scooped up McCourt as an undrafted free agent, but he later landed with the Jaguars and spent his entire rookie season on Jacksonville’s practice squad.
Contract (2023): $750,000 base salary, $750,000 cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars claimed McCourt off waivers from the Chargers on August 23, 2022.
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Statistics:
- Two-for-two on field goals, two-for-two on extra points (2022 preseason)
Highlight:
#Jaguars kicker James McCourt went 8 for 8 during his kicks today. Here was his last. I won’t pretend to know how far it was, but it was long: pic.twitter.com/pIc3x1hVJn
— Demetrius Harvey (@Demetrius82) August 25, 2022
Quote: “It’s impressive. That part of it you like. And, obviously, the consistency is what you look for in kickers.” – Jaguars coach Doug Pederson on McCourt’s leg strength
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| 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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