The Jaguars announced five team captains Tuesday morning, awarding quarterback Trevor Lawrence, tight end Evan Engram, defensive end Joshua Hines-Allen, linebacker Foyesade Oluokun and punter Logan Cooke the honors for the 2024 season.
Lawrence returns to his leadership post for a fourth consecutive campaign, every season he has been with Jacksonville since his first overall selection in the 2021 NFL draft, and Oluokun does the same for his third.
Viewed as franchise cornerstones, Lawrence, Oluokun and Hines-Allen each signed long-term contracts with Jacksonville this offseason.
Lawrence and Hines-Allen both inked five-year deals with the club, Lawrence’s worth $275 million through 2030 and Hines-Allen’s $141.3 million through 2028. Oluokun tacked three years and $30 million onto his original contract with the Jaguars, which had one season remaining.
In three seasons and 50 starts with the Jaguars, Lawrence has completed 63.8% of his passes for 11,770 yards with 58 touchdowns and 39 interceptions, adding 11 scores on the ground.
Hines-Allen, Jacksonville’s 2019 first-round pick, set the team’s single-season sack record with 17.5 last season, bringing his career total to 45 sacks, paired with 53 tackles for loss, nine forced fumbles, one interception, eight defended passes and 251 total tackles.
Oluokun, who signed with Jacksonville in 2022 after four seasons with Atlanta, has compiled 357 total tackles including 20 for loss, 4.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, one interception and 11 defended passes with the Jaguars.
Engram, also a 2022 free-agent signee, finished last season with the second-most receptions in one year in Jaguars history, with 114.
After spending the first five seasons of his career with New York, Engram has posted 187 receptions for 1,729 tards and eight touchdowns with Jacksonville. He is on pace to surpass his reception total with the Giants in three seasons with the Jaguars.
Cooke has operated as Jacksonville’s starting punter since his 2018 seventh-round selection by the club, averaging 47.1 yards per attempt with 162 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line thus far.
Jacksonville will kick off its season at Miami on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
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