{"id":247794,"date":"2026-04-27T01:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247794\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:33:07","slug":"jaguars-sign-18-undrafted-rookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247794\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars Sign 18 Undrafted Rookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Jaguars added 11 players in the 2026 NFL Draft, many of them selected well above their consensus rank. Jacksonville then signed 18 undrafted free agents to fill out their roster, per a team announcement<\/a>, as listed below:<\/p>\n

Joey Aguilar<\/a>, QB (Tennessee)
\nT.J. Bollers<\/a>, DL (California)
\nBrady Boyd<\/a>, WR (Utah State)
\nAlex Bullock, WR (South Dakota State)
\nEthan Conner<\/a>, TE (Troy)
\nGarrett DiGiorgio, OL (UCLA)
\nQuindarius Dunnigan<\/a>, DE (Michigan State)
\nPreston Hodge<\/a>, CB (Colorado)
\nJalen Hunt<\/a>, DL (Cincinnati)
\nDevin Neal<\/a>, S (Virginia)
\nJimto Obidegwu, OL (North Texas)
\nBen Patterson, WR (Texas-Permian Basin)
\nTrebor Pe\u00f1a<\/a>, WR (Penn State)
\nJ\u2019Mari Taylor<\/a>, RB (Virginia)
\nBryan Thomas Jr.<\/a>, DE (South Carolina)
\nJordan White<\/a>, OL (Vanderbilt)
\nMichael Wortham, WR (Montana)<\/p>\n

Aguilar, who turns 25 years old in June, threw for over 3,500 yards at Tennessee in 2025 after two years starting for Appalachian State. . At 6-foot-3 and 229 pounds, he brings good size and a strong arm to the NFL, but his vision, anticipation, and mental processing will all need improvement. In Jacksonville, Aguilar will have to quickly learn Liam Coen\u2019s offense and battle for a spot on the roster or (more likely) the practice squad over the next few months.<\/p>\n

Neal spent time at Baylor and Louisville before arriving at Virginia as a graduate transfer in 2025. He led the Cavaliers defense with 88 tackles and eight passes defended. However after posting six interceptions in 2022 and 2023, he has not recorded one since. Neal received $231k in guarantees to sign with the Jaguars, per KPRC2\u2019s Aaron Wilson. He will join a safety room headlined by veterans Antonio Johnson<\/a> and Eric Murray<\/a> that just added Maryland\u2019s Jalen Huskey<\/a> with a third-round pick over the weekend.<\/p>\n

After four quiet seasons at Syracuse, Pena burst onto the college football scene in 2024 with an ACC-high 84 receptions for 941 yards and nine touchdowns. He transferred to Penn State in 2025 in the hopes of boosting his stock further, but disappointed with just 49 catches for 522 yards and two touchdowns. He lacks high-end athletic or physical traits but plays bigger than his listed size (5-foot-10, 187 pounds) and brings value as a retuner, which may help him make the roster in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Taylor spent his first five college seasons playing in the FCS at North Carolina State and also transferred to Virginia last year. He served as the Cavalier\u2019 starting running back with 1,062 yards on 222 carries (4.8 yards per attempt). He also flashed as a pass-catcher with 43 catches for 259 yards, and his 15 total touchdowns led the ACC. The Jaguars let Trevor Etienne<\/a> walk in free agency this offseason and will be counting on 2025 draft picks Bhayshul Tuten<\/a> and LeQuint Allen<\/a> to pick up the slack. Taylor may have an opportunity to carve out a role in Liam Coen\u2019s offense as a rookie.<\/p>\n

Thomas, 21, is an underside edge rusher with ascending production over the last three years, including seven sacks and 10 tackles for loss in 2025. He received $248k to sign in Jacksonville, per Wilson<\/a>, where his name may sow some early confusion among fans and beat writers. But for one letter, he shares a name with a current Jaguars: wide receiver Brian Thomas<\/a> Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jaguars added 11 players in the 2026 NFL Draft, many of them selected well above their consensus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[108680,108773,108681,108774,108775,108776,108777,108778,116,118,121,117,108779,108780,33944,108781,108731,108782,108783,108784,15995,108736],"class_list":{"0":"post-247794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-alex-bullock","9":"tag-ben-patterson","10":"tag-brady-boyd","11":"tag-bryan-thomas-jr","12":"tag-devin-neal-virginia","13":"tag-ethan-conner","14":"tag-garrett-digiorgio","15":"tag-jmari-taylor","16":"tag-jacksonville","17":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","18":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","19":"tag-jacksonville-news","20":"tag-jalen-hunt","21":"tag-jimto-obidegwu","22":"tag-joey-aguilar","23":"tag-jordan-white","24":"tag-michael-wortham","25":"tag-preston-hodge","26":"tag-quindarius-dunnigan","27":"tag-t-j-bollers","28":"tag-transactions","29":"tag-trebor-pena"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247794","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=247794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}