JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WEEKLY GAME RELEASE

2015 DRAFT CLASS
#56 DANTE FOWLER JR. - 1ST ROUND, 3RD OVERALL
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA • DE • 6-3, 264 • ST. PETERSBURG, FL
COLLEGE: Declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season ... First defensive player selected in the 2015 NFl Draft ... Second-highest defensive
player drafted in Jaguars history (LB Kevin Hardy was selected 2nd overall in 1996) ... Joined RB Fred Taylor (9th, 1998), S Reggie Nelson (21st, 2007)
and DE Derrick Harvey (8th, 2008) as the only players in franchise history to be drafted out of the University of Florida in the first round ... Joins Harvey
as the only DEs selected in the first round in franchise history ... Ninth player selected by the Jaguars from UF, the most of any college/university in
franchise history ... Played in 37 games with 25 starts, totaling 140 tackles (73 solo), 34 tackles for loss and 14.5 sacks.
#24 T.J. YELDON - 2ND ROUND, 36TH OVERALL
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA • RB • 6-1, 226 • DAPHNE, AL
COLLEGE: Declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season ... Became the highest-drafted RB in Jaguars history since RB Fred Taylor (9th, 1998)
... Finished fourth in school history with 3,322 career rushing yards and third with 37 career rushing TDs ... Appeared in 39 games with 21 starts ... Only
player in school history to rush for 1,000-plus yards in his first two seasons ... Fifth player in program history to rush for 1,000-plus yards in multiple
seasons, joining Johnny Musso, Bobby Humphrey, Shaun Alexander and Kenneth Darby ... Only player in school history to be named the Dixie Howell
Memorial Most Valuable Player of the A-Day Game three times.
#60 A.J. CANN - 3RD ROUND, 67TH OVERALL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA • G • 6-4, 311 • BAMBERG, S.C.
COLLEGE: Second player drafted by the Jaguars from the University of South Carolina ... Four-year starter ... Started in 51 games, the second-most in
school history (T.J. Johnson, 53) ... Three-time member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... As a senior, was named first-team All-America by Sporting
News, ESPN.com and CBSSportsLine.com, was a second-team All-America by Walter Camp, Associated Press and Sports Illustrated, and was a third-team
selection by College Sports Madness ... Earned first team All-SEC honors by the coaches and ESPN.com and was a second-team pick by the AP ... Voted
a permanent team captain as a junior.
#36 JAMES SAMPLE - 4TH ROUND, 104TH OVERALL
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE • S • 6-2, 209 • SACRAMENTO, CA
COLLEGE: First player from the University of Louisville selected by the Jaguars in team history ... Played his junior season with Louisville after
transferring from American River College (Calif.) and Washington ... At Louisville, played in all 13 games and made 13 starts .... Led the team with 90
tackles ... Second on the team with four interceptions ... Totaled eight tackles and one interception in his first start at UL on 9/1 vs. Miami ... Totaled
career-high 15 tackles in a loss on 10/30 vs. Florida State ... Played at Grant High School in Sacramento, Calif. ... Named a high school All-American
as a senior and voted to participate in the U.S. Army All-America Bowl.
#13 RASHAD GREENE - 5TH ROUND, 139TH OVERALL
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY • WR • 6-0, 180 • ALBANY, GA
COLLEGE: Four-year letterman … Made 43 career starts … Two-time first-team All-ACC Selection as a junior and senior … Holds school record for career
receptions (270), career receiving yards (3,830) and consecutive games with a reception (43) … His 3,830 career receiving yards are the most in ACC
history … Two-time team captain as a junior and senior … Recorded 29 career receiving TDs ... Saw action in all 14 games as a senior … Set the school’s
single-season record with 99 receptions and his 1,365 receiving yards were the second-most in school history … Had seven receiving TDs and eight
100-yard receiving games ... Led the ACC in receptions, receiving yards, receptions per game (7.1) and receiving yards per game (97.5).
#96 MICHAEL BENNETT - 6TH ROUND, 180TH OVERALL
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY • DT • 6-2, 288 • CENTERVILLE, OH
COLLEGE: First player drafted by Jacksonville from the Ohio State University ... Played in 49 career games with 28 starts ... Recorded 110 career tackles
and 31.5 TFLs ... His 18 career QB sacks is tied for eighth all-time at Ohio State ... As a senior, named CBSSports.com First Team, Associated Press third
team and Second Team All-Big Ten ... Voted as a co-captain by his teammates ... Recorded a TFL in nine of 15 games ... Third on the team with 14.0
TFLs and 7.0 sacks; second on the team with three forced fumbles ... Tied a B1G championship game record with 4.0 TFLs and set a record with two
forced fumbles in the 59-0 shutout win vs. Wisconsin.
#87 NEAL STERLING - 7TH ROUND, 220TH OVERALL
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY • WR • 6-4, 235 • BELMAR, NJ
COLLEGE: First player selected from Monmouth in Jaguars draft history ... Second player from Monmouth selected in the NFL Draft ... Career totals include
212 receptions, 2,615 yards and 22 touchdowns in 43 career games ... Finished his career as the most decorated Monmouth wide receiver since Miles
Austin, finishing in the top three in every Monmouth receiving record ... Became the school’s all-time leader in receptions in Monmouth’s second-to-last
game of his senior season against top-ranked Coastal Carolina ... As a senior, First Team All-Big South selection and led the conference in yards per catch
(16.9), and finished second in yards (905), receptions per game (5.5) and receiving touchdowns (six).
#48 BEN KOYACK - 7TH ROUND, 229TH OVERALL
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME • TE • 6-5, 255 • OIL CITY, PA
COLLEGE: First selection from Notre Dame drafted by the Jaguars since 2007 (DT Derek Landri) ... Participated in the 2015 Senior Bowl ... Named to the
Mackey Award Watch List, given annually to the most outstanding tight end in FBS college football ... Started at tight end in each of Notre Dame’s 13
games as a senior ... Fourth on the team in receptions (30), fourth in receiving TDs (two) and fifth in receiving yards (317).