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Davis signed a three-year deal last offseason but only played 10 games in teal.
The Jacksonville Jaguars released wide receiver Gabe Davis, per the team.
Davis signed a three-year, $39 million contract with Jacksonville as a free agent in 2024. Just 14 months later, the Florida native is back on the market.
Due to a Week 8 shoulder injury and a Week 11 season-ending torn meniscus, Davis played in 10 games and produced career-lows across the board with 20 receptions, 239 yards and 2 touchdowns in 2025.
Retired center Mitch Morse (Davis’ teammate last year in Jacksonville and from 2020-23 in Buffalo) expressed his shock online.
Brian Thomas Jr. also cited Davis (along with Christian Kirk) as important veterans who helped him during his record-breaking rookie season, as Thomas told 1010XL.
The Jaguars will eat $20.3 million in dead cap across the next few years.
The Jaguars’ current receiver room features second-year star Brian Thomas, No. 2 overall pick Travis Hunter, free agent signee Dyami Brown, and slot/return man Parker Washington. That’s it.
“We’re going to spread the ball out hopefully equally,” head coach Liam Coen said at the team’s pre-draft presser. “That was the nice thing about being last year with Tampa, we had to play a lot of different players in different personnel groupings. I think you look naturally right now at Parker Washington and Dyami Brown at the receiver positions. Then saying Brenton Strange hopefully continues to ascend.
“How do we use our two running backs to be able to supplement some of that usage, get more people involved in the game especially early on, so defenses can’t just cloud BT and be all over him, that we have other guys that can go win and be explosive with the ball in their hands, ultimately share that wealth, share that play-making ability. ... Those guys that I just mentioned right now are guys that we’re going to spotlight.”
Jacksonville figures to look to its pool of undrafted free agents to help fill out the position group; Eli Pancol is a name to watch out for.
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