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Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins said he's going to pay significant dividends on the two-year contract he signed during free agency. In fact, Seferian-Jenkins is expecting a big season in 2018 as both a receiver and a blocker.
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"There's no doubt in my mind I can be the best run-blocking, pass-catching tight end in the league," the 25-year-old Seferian-Jenkins said, via First Coast News. "I'm not worried about it. I've got a good opportunity to come in here and do what I can to help this team win as many games as possible and everyone else will decide how the blocking is, but I'm going to block as hard as I can for my teammates."
The Jaguars released tight end Marcedes Lewis and brought in Seferian-Jenkins, who is coming off the best season of his four-year career. He hauled in a career-high 50 receptions for 357 yards and three touchdowns in 13 games for the New York Jets.
A second-round draft pick of Tampa Bay in 2014, Seferian-Jenkins spent two-plus uninspiring seasons with the Buccaneers before he was waived early in 2016. He had 55 catches in 25 games with Tampa Bay.
Jacksonville boasted a run-oriented attack behind running back Leonard Fournette last season.
Fournette rushed for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns and had 32 receptions for 302 yards and a receiving score in 13 games for the Jaguars, who advanced to the AFC Championship Game before falling to the New England Patriots.
