JACKSONVILLE – The Jaguars address running back depth early Saturday.
They did so with a running back who had his best collegiate season this past season, and who had a knack for scoring.
Ryquell Armstead, a running back from Temple University, was selected by the Jaguars with the second selection of Round 5 of the 2019 NFL Draft Saturday. The selection was the 140th overall.
Armstead (5-feet-11, 220 pounds), rushed for 2,812 yards and 34 touchdowns in four seasons at Temple. He rushed for 1,098 yards and 13 touchdowns on 210 carries this past season.
He caught 29 passes for 175 yards in four seasons.
The Jaguars selected linebacker/defensive end Josh Allen from Kentucky in Round 1 (No. 7 overall) Thursday before selecting Florida offensive tackle Jawaan Taylor in Round 2 (No. 35 overall), San Jose State tight end Josh Oliver in Round 3 (No. 69 overall) and Murray State linebacker Quincy Williams in Round 3 (No. 98 overall). They have three selections remaining: one in Round 6 (No. 178 overall) and two in Round 7 (Nos. 235 and 236 overall).
The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Temple RB in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (25) runs the ball during an NCAA college football game against SMU on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (25) runs the ball during an NCAA college football game against SMU on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (25) runs for a touchdown past Navy safety Sean Williams (6) during the second half of the American Athletic Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, in Annapolis, Md. Temple won 34-10.(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Miami defensive lineman Joe Jackson runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Miami defensive lineman Joe Jackson runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead catches a pass during the 2019 Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Friday, March. 1, 2019. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Miami defensive lineman Joe Jackson participates in a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (7) rushes with the ball during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Boston College, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
South quarterback Gardner Minshew II of Washington State (16) hands off to South running back Ryquell Armstead of Temple (25) during practice for Saturday's Senior Bowl college football game, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Temple's Ryquell Armstead (25) runs the ball against East Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Greenville, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2018, file photo, Temple running back Ryquell Armstead rushes for a first down in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Maryland, in College Park, Md. Against Houston last week, Armstead scored six touchdowns to lead the Owls to a victory that made them bowl eligible. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (7) runs the corner on South Florida defensive end Mike Love (98) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Temple's Ryquell Armstead (7) in action against Central Florida during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Philadelphia. UCF defeated Temple 45-19. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (7) rushes with the ball during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Boston College, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (7) carries the ball during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Notre Dame Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Temple's Ryquell Armstead (7) in action against Central Florida during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, in Philadelphia. UCF defeated Temple 45-19. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)
Temple running back Ryquell Armstead (7) leaps over Boston College defensive back Mike Palmer (18) on his way to a rushing touchdown during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Miami defensive lineman Joe Jackson runs a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
