Report: Jacksonville Jaguars make decision on Taven Bryan's fifth-year option
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected former Florida DL Taven Bryan with the 29th overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Since then, his stats haven’t backed up his draft status, as he has only 3.5 sacks in 3 seasons with the Jaguars.
It seems the Jaguars are giving Bryan a make-or-break year in 2021. Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, the Jaguars have declined the fifth-year option for Bryan’s rookie deal:
Jaguars declined the fifth-year option for defensive lineman Taven Bryan, per source. He’s set to be a 2022 free agent.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) May 3, 2021
He has 71 total tackles and 17 quarterback hits in those 3 years. But, the Jaguars are under new leadership, and Urban Meyer and Trent Baalke don’t have any loyalty to the previous regime’s players.
We’ll see what happens with Bryan moving forward, but he’s now set to be a free agent after this season.
I thought Taven would have a better NFL career. He was a terror on the D line of some pretty bad UF teams
As a Jags season ticket holder I will say that he sould have been cut after last years pre-season. He did well at UF but just can’t make the transition to the NFL.
He was a terrible pick from the beginning. I was hopeful that I was wrong about him, but no.
1000% …I didn’t get it either. Quality individual, but he did nothing in college that warranted that kind of pick. I think they were just so enamored with his background that they felt they got a 5th round steal in the 1st round.
Now that he is playing for his future, he will have a good season.
There seems to be a lot of this happening to UF players once they “graduate” to the NFL. Especially at the QB position. A complete trainwreck at that position.
You mean like Bryan not having the overwhelming success in the NFL like DeAndre Baker has had?
Did you see DeAndre’s last game with Kansas City? He was kicking a$$ and taking names until he broke his femur.
You took the unfair jab at the UF program and players in the NFL. Just saying Bryan has not been arrested and is still playing for the team that drafted him.
That’s ok Nature Gator. I’m not offended by you calling out DeAndre Baker. Obviously he was screwing up on and off the field. He got a second chance with KC and by all accounts he was figuring it out. I hope he makes a full recovery, on and off the field.