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Free Agency Moves: Jaguars Agree to Terms With Nine Players

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JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville Jaguars have agreed to terms with nine players, the team announced today.

Name POS. HT. WT. EXP COLLEGE PREV. TEAM
Dyami Brown WR 6-0 195 5 North Carolina Washington Commanders
Chuma Edoga OL 6-4 315 7 Southern California Dallas Cowboys
Robert Hainsey OL 6-4 306 5 Notre Dame Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jourdan Lewis CB 5-10 190 9 Michigan Dallas Cowboys
Hunter Long TE 6-5 243 5 Boston College Los Angeles Rams
Patrick Mekari OL 6-4 305 7 California Baltimore Ravens
Nick Mullens QB 6-0 210 7 Southern Mississippi Minnesota Vikings
Johnny Mundt TE 6-4 243 8 Oregon Minnesota Vikings
Eric Murray S 5-3 199 10 Minnesota Houston Texans

Brown was drafted by Washington in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft and has played in 63 games (10 starts) in four seasons with the Commanders. He has registered 59 career receptions for 784 yards (13.3 average) and four touchdowns. Brown set career highs in receptions (30) and receiving yards (308) in 2024, posting 20 receptions for 174 yards over his last eight games of the regular season. He also played in all three of the Commanders' postseason contests in 2024, making two starts and recording 14 catches for 229 yards (16.4 average) and a touchdown. Brown's 229 postseason receiving yards were the most on the team and second-most in the league. A native of Charlotte, N.C., Brown played in 33 games over three seasons at the University of North Carolina (2018-20) and totaled 2,306 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns, earning First-Team All-ACC honors in 2020.

Originally drafted in the third round (92nd overall) by the New York Jets in 2019, Edoga has appeared in 47 games with 23 starts over his career for the Jets (2019-21), Falcons (2022) and Cowboys (2023-24). Of his 23 starts, 13 came at left tackle (four in 2024), seven at right tackle and three at left guard. A native of Atlanta, Ga., Edoga played four seasons (2015-18) collegiately at Southern California, appearing in 34 games (16 starts) and earning Second-Team All-Pac 12 honors by the coaches in 2018.

Hainsey was originally selected in the third round (95th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay. He has appeared in 60 games, making 35 starts at center, in his four-year career. He has also appeared in five postseason contests with two starts. Last season, he appeared in all 17 games and made one start in the Week 6 win over New Orleans in which Tampa Bay set team season-highs in both points scored (51) and rushing yards (277). The Buccaneers' 277 yards on the ground were the third-most in a game during the 2024 regular season. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pa., Hainsey played at Notre Dame, where he started 34 of 46 games played in four seasons (2017-20). As a senior in 2020, he was named a team captain and Second-Team All-ACC. He was also part of an offensive line group that was a finalist for the Joe Moore Award, given annually to the Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit.

Lewis was drafted by Dallas in the third round (92nd overall) in 2017 and has played in 115 regular-season games (64 starts) over eight seasons with the Cowboys. His career totals include 391 tackles (291 solo), 45 passes defensed, 12 tackles for loss, 10 interceptions, 9.5 sacks, nine fumble recoveries (including a 63-yard touchdown) and five forced fumbles. He has also appeared in four postseason contests (one start). Lewis is a native of Detroit and played four seasons (2013-16) at the University of Michigan, finishing his senior year First-Team All-American, First-Team All-Big Ten and as a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award.

Long has played four seasons for Miami (2021-22) and the Los Angeles Rams (2023-24) after being drafted by the Dolphins in the third round (81st overall) in 2021. In 37 regular-season games (five starts), he has totaled eight catches for 68 yards. Last season with the Rams, Long saw action in all 17 regular-season games (two starts) and recorded 60 receiving yards on seven receptions, both career highs. He has also appeared in three postseason contests and caught one pass for 13 yards. The Exeter, N.H., native played in 36 games at Boston College (2017-20) and totaled 89 receptions for 1,297 yards and nine touchdowns. He was named Second-Team All-American and First-Team All-ACC in 2020.

Mekari started all 17 games for the Ravens in 2024, blocking for an offense that ranked first in the NFL in yards per game (424.9), yards per play (6.8) and red zone efficiency (74.2 percent). In 2023, he appeared in 17 games (seven starts), helping block for the NFL's No. 1 rushing offense (156.6 yards per game). He was originally signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2019 and has played in 88 regular-season games with 53 starts at all five positions on the offensive line in six seasons. Mekari, a native of Westlake Village, Calif., played in 34 games with 24 starts at California from 2015-18 and was named Associated Press Second-Team All-Pac-12 as a senior.

Mullens originally signed with San Francisco as an undrafted rookie in 2017. He has played in 29 career games (20 starts) with San Francisco (16), Minnesota (three) and Cleveland (one). Mullens has also spent time with Philadelphia and Las Vegas. In his career, he has completed 530-of-805 passes (65.8 percent) for 6,429 yards, 34 touchdowns and an 88.3 passer rating. He made a career-high eight starts for the 49ers in 2020, finishing the season with 2,437 passing yards, 12 touchdown passes and a 64.7 completion percentage. Mullens attended Southern Mississippi (2013-16) where he made 41 starts in four seasons. A Hoover, Ala., native, Mullens was named the 2015 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year after starting 14 contests and setting single-season school records for passing yards (4,476) and touchdown passes (38).

Mundt has played in 98 career regular-season games (18 starts), most recently for the Minnesota Vikings (2022-24), where he appeared in all 17 regular-season games in each of the last two seasons. In 2024, he recorded 19 receptions for 142 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Prior to his time in Minnesota, he spent five seasons (2017-21) with the Los Angeles Rams after being signed as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He appeared in 47 regular-season games and three postseason contests for the Rams, including Super Bowl LIII. The Modesto, Calif., native played in 47 games at Oregon (2013-16), totaling 46 receptions for 683 yards and eight touchdowns.

In 2024, Murray appeared in all 17 regular-season games, making 14 starts, for Houston. He finished the season with 74 total tackles, 10 passes defensed, two tackles for loss, one interception and 1.0 sack. He also started each of the Texans' two postseason games and recorded an interception return of 38 yards for a touchdown in Houston's Wild Card win against the Chargers. Murray was originally selected by Kansas City in the fourth round (106th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft. The nine-year veteran played his first three seasons in the NFL with the Chiefs (2016-18) before being traded to Cleveland in 2019. He signed with Houston as an unrestricted free agent in 2020 and has spent the last five seasons with the Texans (2020-24). In his career, Murray has recorded 357 total tackles (247 solo), 24 passes defensed, 10 tackles for loss, 5.0 sacks, three interceptions, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery through 124 games played. The Milwaukee native attended the University of Minnesota (2012-15) where he appeared in 52 games and made 39 starts. He earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors as a junior and All-Big Ten Third-Team honors as a senior. In his final season, he received the Carl Eller Award (team's top defensive player) and was named the team's Defensive Back of the Year.

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