{"id":188461,"date":"2026-03-12T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:50:16","slug":"2026-nfl-free-agency-jaguars-sign-former-commanders-rb-chris-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188461\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Free Agency: Jaguars sign former Commanders RB Chris Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Jacksonville Jaguars have added their first new player of the 2026 NFL year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Former Washington Commanders running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. has agreed to a contract with Jacksonville. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFowlerESPN\/status\/2031846329983324399\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler<\/a>, it\u2019s a two-year deal with a base value of $10 million, a max value of $12 million, and $6.2 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rodriguez won\u2019t be expected to fully assume the high volume of touches that Etienne leaves. Rather, he\u2019ll enter a three-man committee alongside 2025 Day 3 draft picks Bhayshul Tuten and LeQuint Allen. Tuten figures to lead the backfield, with Rodriguez serving as a between-the-tackles grinder on early downs and Allen providing pass protection on late downs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rodriguez posted a career-high 500 rushing yards and 6 rushing touchdowns, albeit a career-low 4.5 yards per attempt, in 2025. He totalled 920 yards and 10 scores on the ground \u2014 and just 6 total receptions \u2014 across three seasons with the Commanders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The popular online opinion from that fanbase is that Rodriguez was underutilized in the run game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Before being drafted by Washington, Rodriguez became Kentucky\u2019s third all-time leading rusher and second all-time leading rushing scorer over a five-year career that included two team captain selections and a second-team All-SEC selection (2021).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">His offensive coordinator that season?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Jaguars have added their first new player of the 2026 NFL year. Former Washington Commanders running&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,6620,48301,6621,15359,117],"class_list":["post-188461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-depth-chart","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-free-agency","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-roster","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}