{"id":366426,"date":"2026-08-08T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366426\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:08:08","slug":"jaguars-roster-moves-jacksonville-signs-ol-geron-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366426\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars roster moves: Jacksonville signs OL Geron Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 8, 2026, 2:11 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> have made an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaguars.com\/news\/roster-moves-jaguars-sign-ol-geron-christian\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">addition<\/a> to the offensive line unit ahead of Saturday&#8217;s ninth training camp practice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The team announced on Saturday that they&#8217;ve signed offensive lineman Geron Christian and placed Garrett DiGriorgio on the reserve\/injured list to make room on the roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">DiGiorgio was signed by the <a data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a> after the 2026 NFL draft as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This addition comes as the Jaguars navigate <a href=\"http:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/08\/08\/jaguars-unit-navigating-numerous-injuries-training-camp\/91225236007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">numerous injuries<\/a> along the offensive line. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaguars\/onsi\/jacksonville-good-and-not-so-good-from-day-8-of-training-camp-offensive-line-worries\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Shipley<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Jaguars\u00a0on SI noted that by the end of Friday&#8217;s practice, Walker Little, Patrick Mekari, Emmanuel Pregnon, and Chuma Edoga were all dealing with injuries. Cole Van Lanen also remains on the PUP list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The addition of Christian provides needed depth right now.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>What to know about new Jaguars OL Geron Christian<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Christian adds experience to the Jaguars front, which can perhaps help him hit the ground running in practice. A third-round pick by Washington in 2018, Christian has appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/ChriGe01.htm\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">63 games<\/a>, making 25 starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His last regular-season snaps on offense came during the 2023 season. The bulk of Christian&#8217;s playing time has come at left tackle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In addition to Washington, Christian has played for Houston, Kansas City, where he won a Super Bowl, Cleveland, and the LA <a data-autotag=\"f489e821-d3f9-4cff-bec5-7eaa0f4b51cb\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-rams\/343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Rams<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 8, 2026, 2:11 p.m. ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have made an addition to the offensive line unit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,116,118,117,112631,1254,9548,298,27867,11745,49516,420,1260,342,332,442,96,436,300,40693,34],"class_list":["post-366426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sourcejaguars-wire","tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","tag-sstsnjaguars","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagchuma-edoga","tag-tagcole-van-lanen","tag-taggeron-christian","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-taglos-angeles-rams","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagpatrick-mekari","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagwalker-little","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366426","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=366426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}