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.
Earlier in the 2023 offseason, the Jacksonville Jaguars locked down nose tackle DaVon Hamilton with a three-year contract extension. But for chunks of the 2022 season, there was no depth behind Hamilton.
It wasn’t until the Jaguars promoted Corey Peters to the active roster in October that the team had another defensive lineman above 318 pounds.
In the seventh round of the 2023 NFL draft, the Jaguars may have rectified that issue by picking Raymond Vohasek. The former North Carolina nose tackle will look to provide depth on a Jacksonville defensive line that didn’t have much in 2022.
Contract (2023): $750,000 base salary, $26,191 prorated signing bonus, $776,191 cap hit.
Acquired: Jaguars drafted Vohasek with the No. 227 overall pick in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL draft.
- 58.9 (2022 – UNC)
- 73.3 (2021 – UNC)
- 66.3 (2020 – UNC)
- 62.2 (2019 – UNC)
Statistics:
- One tackle for loss, 14 tackles (2022)
- One sack, four tackles for loss, 38 tackles (2021)
- 3.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss, 29 tackles (2020)
- One sack, five tackles for loss, 15 tackles (2019)
Highlight:
#Tarheels DL Raymond Vohasek (@ray_vohasek) puts the center on skates & bull rushes him into the QB for the sack! 👀 @warriordad4 #passrush pic.twitter.com/7oUjyaAfpq
— DLineVids (@dlinevids1) September 13, 2020
Quote: “Very good film. Tough. Very good with his hands.Spoke to him on the phone. Had a great conversation with him the other day. A guy that loves football.” – Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke on Vohasek
