2002 Jacksonville Jaguars season
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The 2002 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the team's 8th year in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. The team finished with a record of 6–10 and finished 3rd place in the AFC South
AFC South
The AFC South is a division of the National Football League's American Football Conference. It was created before the 2002 season when the league realigned divisions after expanding to 32 teams...

. The team was coached by Tom Coughlin
Tom Coughlin
Thomas Richard Coughlin is an American football coach who is currently head coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League . Coughlin has led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII. Coughlin was also the inaugural head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, serving from 1995–2002 and...

.

2002 NFL Draft

Round Pick # Overall Name Position College
1 9 9 John Henderson  Defensive Tackle  Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

2 8 40 Mike Pearson  Offensive Tackle  Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

3 24 89 Akin Ayodele
Akin Ayodele
Akinola James "Akin" Ayodele is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft...

 
Linebacker
Linebacker
A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

 
Purdue
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

4 10 108 David Garrard
David Garrard
David Douglas Garrard is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent.Garrard played college football at East Carolina. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft, and served as the team's starting quarterback from 2007 to 2010...

 
Quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

 
East Carolina
East Carolina University
East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...

4 20 118 Chris Luzar
Chris Luzar
Christopher Myers Luzar is a former tight end in the NFL. He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, and the New England Patriots.-References:...

 
Tight End
Tight end
The tight end is a position in American football on the offense. The tight end is often seen as a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be...

 
Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

6 8 180 Clenton Ballard  Defensive Tackle Southwest Texas State
Texas State University–San Marcos
Texas State University–San Marcos is a doctoral-granting university located in San Marcos, Texas...

7 11 222 Kendall Newson
Kendall Newson
Kendall Newson is a former wide receiver in the NFL. He played three years for the Miami Dolphins from 2003-2005....

 
Wide Receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

 
Middle Tennessee State
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....

7 36 247 Steve Smith  Defensive Back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...

 
Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...

7 37 248 Hayden Epstein
Hayden Epstein
Hayden Epstein is a former professional American football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League, NFL Europa, and the Canadian Football League....

 
Kicker
Placekicker
Placekicker, or simply kicker , is the title of the player in American and Canadian football who is responsible for the kicking duties of field goals, extra points...

 
Michigan

Staff

Roster

2002 Jacksonville Jaguars roster
Quarterbacks
  •  11 Mark Brunell
    Mark Brunell
    Mark Allen Brunell is an American football quarterback who currently plays for the New York Jets. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft. He played college football at Washington....

  •  9 David Garrard
    David Garrard
    David Douglas Garrard is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent.Garrard played college football at East Carolina. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft, and served as the team's starting quarterback from 2007 to 2010...



Running Backs
  • Dan Alexander
  • Elvis Joseph
    Elvis Joseph
    Elvis Joseph is a former running back in the NFL. He played three years in the NFL from 2001 to 2003 for the Jacksonville Jaguars....

  • Stacey Mack
    Stacey Mack
    Stacey Lamar Mack is a former American football running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans of the NFL. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Temple University by the Jaguars in 1999. Stacey was also a star running back for the Mississippi Junior College Southwest...

  • Fred Taylor
  • Patrick Washington FB


Wide Receivers
  • Damon Gibson
    Damon Gibson
    Damon Gibson is a former professional football player of the National Football League.He played four years in the league, 1998 with the Cincinnati Bengals 1999 NFL season with the Cleveland Browns 2001 with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the 2002 NFL season with both Jacksonville Jaguars & Atlanta...

  • Patrick Johnson
  • Kevin Lockett
    Kevin Lockett
    Kevin Eugene Lockett is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Jacksonville Jaguars, and the New York Jets. He played college football at Kansas State University where he was a football and academic All-American. ...

  • Jimmy Redmond
  • Micah Ross
    Micah Ross
    Micah Ross played wide receiver in the NFL for four seasons. He attended Jacksonville University from 1995–1998. While at JU, he played basketball from 1995 to 1998 when his years of basketball eligibility were up he walked on to JU's American football team, only playing one year. In 2001, he...

  • Bobby Shaw
    Bobby Shaw
    Bobby T. Shaw is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Shaw has played for 4 NFL teams: Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills, and San Diego Chargers and 1 team in the ACFL . Shaw attended Galileo High School and played college football at...

  • Jimmy Smith


Tight Ends
  • Kyle Brady
    Kyle Brady
    Kyle James Brady is a former professional American football player. He played tight end for 13 seasons in the National Football League for the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots. He was the Jets' first round draft choice in the 1995 NFL Draft...

  • Chris Luzar
    Chris Luzar
    Christopher Myers Luzar is a former tight end in the NFL. He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants, and the New England Patriots.-References:...

  • Pete Mitchell
    Pete Mitchell (American football)
    Peter Clark Mitchell is a former professional American football player who played tight end for eight seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Giants. He was a two time All-American at Boston College...

Offensive Linemen
  • Todd Forham T
  • Chris Naeole
    Chris Naeole
    Christopher Kealoha Naeole |guard]]. He played college football at Colorado. Naeole played in the National Football League for two teams from 1997 to 2007.-Early years:...

     G
  • Mike Pearson T
  • Brad Meester
    Brad Meester
    Bradley Ryan Meester is an American football center for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft...

     C
  • Daryl Terrell
    Daryl Terrell
    Daryl Lamon Terrell is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at The University of Southern Mississippi. He has now retired from the N.F.L....

     T/G
  • Zach Wiegert
    Zach Wiegert
    Zach Wiegert was an American football offensive tackle. He started 37 consecutive games at right tackle for the Cornhuskers, helping the University of Nebraska to a national championship as a senior.- College career :...

     G/T
  • Maurice Williams
    Maurice Williams (American football)
    Maurice Carlos Williams is an American football guard and offensive tackle who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft...

     T


  • Defensive Linemen
    • Tony Brackens
      Tony Brackens
      Tony Lynn Brackens Jr. is a former defensive end in the NFL a born and raised in Fairfield, Texas.-College years:He played his college football at the University of Texas where he earned a reputation as a fierocus hitter. In 1995, Brackens was on the All-American team and was also on the...

       DE
    • Marco Coleman
      Marco Coleman
      Marco Darnell Coleman is a former American football player. A fourteen year veteran who was originally drafted by Miami Dolphins in the 1992 NFL Draft as a first round pick . Has been to one Pro Bowl. He went to Georgia Tech. He retired from professional football after the 2005 season...

       DE/LB
    • John Henderson DT
    • Stalin Colinet
      Stalin Colinet
      Stalin D. Colinet is a former defensive tackle/defensive end in the NFL.-Early years:Colinet attended Cardinal Hayes High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. He was named Team MVP and a league all-star in his junior and senior years, and he was named to the CHSAA All-Star...

       DT
    • Chris Combs
      Chris Combs
      Chris Combs is a composer and steel guitarist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has been a part of the jazz group Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey since 2008. Combs also writes and plays lap steel with Gogo Plumbay, a Tulsa-based quintet that has been together since 2009...

       DE
    • Larry Smith
      Larry Smith (defensive tackle)
      Larry Smith is a former defensive tackle in the National Football League. He played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Green Bay Packers during his career.-External links:*...

       DT
    • Rob Meier
      Rob Meier
      Rob Jack Daniel Meier is an American football defensive tackle who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft...

       DT/DE
    • Marcus Stroud
      Marcus Stroud
      Marcus LaVar Stroud is an American Football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars 13th overall in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Georgia...

       DE
    • Paul Spicer
      Paul Spicer
      Paul Spicer is a former defensive end who spent the majority of his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1998...

       DE
    Linebackers
  • Akin Ayodele
    Akin Ayodele
    Akinola James "Akin" Ayodele is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft...

  • Bobby Brooks
    Bobby Brooks
    Robert Brooks was a professional baseball player who played 4 seasons for the Oakland Athletics and California Angels of Major League Baseball.-References:...

  • Danny Clark
  • Edward Thomas
    Edward Thomas
    Edward Thomas may refer to:People:*Edward Beers Thomas, American judge*Edward J. Thomas , librarian and author of several books on the history of Buddhism*Edward Lloyd Thomas, Confederate American Civil War general...

  • Joe Tuipala
  • Eric Westmoreland
    Eric Westmoreland
    Eric Westmoreland is a former linebacker in the NFL who played from 2001–2004 for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns....



  • Defensive Backs
    • Ainsley Battles
      Ainsley Battles
      Ainsley Thomas Battles is a former professional American football safety in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. During a heated 2003 training camp battle for starting strong safety with the Buffalo Bills, Ainsley Battles...

    • Robert Bean
    • James Boyd
      James Boyd (American football)
      James Aaron Boyd is a former defensive back for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League.- College career :Boyd played free safety at Penn State...

    • Ike Charlton
      Ike Charlton
      Isaiah "Ike" Charlton is a professional Canadian football linebacker, who most recently played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft...

    • Jason Craft
      Jason Craft
      Jason Donell Andre Craft is a free agent American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado State.-Early years:...

    • Donovin Darius
      Donovin Darius
      Donovin Lee Darius is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars 25th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft, and played for nine seasons with the team. He played for the Miami Dolphins in 2007...

    • Marlon McCree
      Marlon McCree
      Marlon Tarron McCree is an American football safety who is currently a free agent, as well as a mentor and coach. He was drafted by the Jaguars in the Seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft...

    • Steve M. Smith
    • Kiwaukee Thomas
      Kiwaukee Thomas
      Kiwaukee Sanchez Thomas [kee-WA-kee] is an Canadian football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft...



    Special Teams
    • Danny Boyd K
    • Richie Cunningham K
    • Hayden Epstein
      Hayden Epstein
      Hayden Epstein is a former professional American football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League, NFL Europa, and the Canadian Football League....

       K
    • Joe Zelenka
      Joe Zelenka
      Joseph John Zelenka is an American football long snapper for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 1999...

       LS/TE
    • Chris Hanson
      Chris Hanson
      Christopher David Hanson is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 1999...

       P

    Schedule

    Week Date Opponent Results Game site Attendance
    Final score Team record
    1 September 8, 2002 Indianapolis Colts
    Indianapolis Colts
    The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

    L 28–25 0–1 Alltel Stadium 56,595
    2 September 15, 2002 at Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs
    The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

    W 23–16 1–1 Arrowhead Stadium
    Arrowhead Stadium
    Arrowhead Stadium is a stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri and home to the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs....

    77,934
    3 Bye
    4 September 29, 2002 New York Jets
    New York Jets
    The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

    W 28–3 2–1 Alltel Stadium 55,670
    5 October 6, 2002 Philadelphia Eagles
    Philadelphia Eagles
    The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

    W 28–25 3–1 Alltel Stadium 65,005
    6 October 13, 2002 at Tennessee Titans
    Tennessee Titans
    The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

    L 23–14 3–2 The Coliseum
    LP Field
    LP Field is a football stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County....

    68,804
    7 October 20, 2002 at Baltimore Ravens
    Baltimore Ravens
    The Baltimore Ravens are a professional football franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland.The Baltimore Ravens are officially a quasi-expansion franchise, having originated in 1995 with the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy after Art Modell, then owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced his...

    L 17–10 3–3 Ravens Stadium
    M&T Bank Stadium
    M&T Bank Stadium is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the home of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. The stadium is immediately adjacent to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles. Served by the Hamburg Street station of...

    69,173
    8 October 27, 2002 Houston Texans
    Houston Texans
    The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

    L 21–19 3–4 Alltel Stadium 53,721
    9 November 3, 2002 at New York Giants
    New York Giants
    The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

    L 24–17 3–5 Giants Stadium
    Giants Stadium
    Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...

    78,337
    10 November 10, 2002 Washington Redskins
    Washington Redskins
    The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

    W 26–7 4–5 Alltel Stadium 66,665
    11 November 17, 2002 at Houston Texans
    Houston Texans
    The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

    W 24–21 5–5 Reliant Stadium
    Reliant Stadium
    Reliant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Houston, Texas, USA. Reliant Stadium has a seating capacity of 71,500, a total square footage of with of natural grass playing surface....

    69,711
    12 November 24, 2002 at Dallas Cowboys
    Dallas Cowboys
    The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...

    L 21–19 5–6 Texas Stadium
    Texas Stadium
    Texas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...

    62,204
    13 December 1, 2002 Pittsburgh Steelers
    Pittsburgh Steelers
    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

    L 25–23 5–7 Alltel Stadium 55,260
    14 December 8, 2002 Cleveland Browns
    Cleveland Browns
    The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

    L 21–20 5–8 Alltel Stadium 46,267
    15 December 15, 2002 at Cincinnati Bengals
    Cincinnati Bengals
    The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

    W 29–15 6–8 Paul Brown Stadium
    Paul Brown Stadium
    Paul Brown Stadium is an American sports stadium located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home venue of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. It opened on August 19, 2000. The stadium was named after Bengals' founder Paul Brown. The stadium is located on approximately of land and...

    42,092
    16 December 22, 2002 Tennessee Titans
    Tennessee Titans
    The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

    L 28–10 6–9 Alltel Stadium 51,033
    17 December 29, 2002 at Indianapolis Colts
    Indianapolis Colts
    The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

    L 20–13 6–10 RCA Dome
    RCA Dome
    RCA Dome was a domed stadium, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise for 24 seasons ....

    56,755

    Standings

    x - clinched playoff berth
    y - clinched division
    z - clinched homefield advantage
    * - clinched first-round bye
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