Jaguars' Joshua Hines-Allen earns first career NFL Top 100 spot

Following his 17.5-sack season with the Jaguars in 2023, edge rusher Joshua Hines-Allen has made the NFL Top 100 players list for the first time in his career, taking the No. 35 spot, the league revealed via NFL Plus on Monday.

Hines-Allen is the second Jacksonville player to earn a spot on the player-voted Top 100 entering the 2024 season, alongside quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who checked in at No. 94 overall last week.

He is the eighth edge rusher to crack the NFL Top 100 so far this offseason, following Detroit’s Aidan Hutchinson (No. 47), New York Giants’ Brian Burns (No. 55), Miami’s Bradley Chubb (No. 62), Houston’s Danielle Hunter (No. 68), Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson (No. 77), Chicago’s Montez Sweat (No. 82) and New York Jets’ Haason Reddick (No. 87).

Hines-Allen ranked tied for No. 2 among the league’s sack leaders in 2023, with Hendrickson and behind only Pittsburgh edge rusher T.J. Watt, who logged 19 sacks.

In total, Hines-Allen recorded 66 tackles including 17 for loss, two forced fumbles, one interception and one defended pass over 17 games last season, paired with his 17.5 sacks.

Jacksonville’s first-round pick in the 2019 NFL draft, Hines-Allen now ranks No. 2 in Jaguars history with 45 career sacks, 10 back from franchise leader Tony Brackens’ 55.

Hines-Allen’s NFL Top 100 recognition is the latest honor he has received for his 2023 performance.

The Jaguars made Hines-Allen the highest-paid player in franchise history for roughly two months, giving him a five-year, $141.3 million contract extension in April. He was unseated atop that list by Lawrence’s five-year, $275 million June deal.

The league will reveal 10 players from the NFL Top 100 on weekdays through Wednesday, July 31, before disclosing the top 10 on Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. ET.