JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– The Jacksonville Jaguars have promoted undrafted rookie TE Ben Ellefson from the practice squad to the active roster and activated K Josh Lambo from the reserve/injured-designated for return list, the club announced today. To make room on the roster, the Jaguars placed DT Abry Jones (ankle) on the reserve/injured list and released K Jon Brown. The club also released DE Josh Mauro from the exempt/commissioner permission list.
In 2020, NFL clubs are permitted to return an unlimited number of players from either the club's Reserve/Injured List or from its Reserve/Non-Football Injury/Illness List to the club's 53-player Active/Inactive List. Such players must have suffered a football-related injury after reporting to training camp and passing the club's physical and must have been placed on the reserve list following 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 5. To be eligible for return, a player cannot begin to practice until three weeks have elapsed since the date he was placed on a reserve list, and the player cannot return to the Active/Inactive List until three games have elapsed since the date he was placed on Reserve/Injured.