Jaguars Invest Big in Travon Walker, Pass Rush Future

0:00It's April 3rd. NFL News Today starts now, AI powered and always on. The Jacksonville Jaguars just dropped big money on Ed rusher, Trevon Walker, handing him a four-year deal worth $110 million, with $77 million guaranteed and $50 million fully locked in at signing. They cleared cap space by letting running back Travis Etienne and linebacker Devin Lloyd hit free agency, betting hard on their 25-year-old. Dar from the 2022 draft, Walker started slow as a rookie with just 3.5 sacks, but he exploded in 2023 and 2024, racking up 10 and 10.5 sacks those seasons. That gave him 20.5 over two years, 12th best in the league. He dipped back to 3.5 in 14 games this past 2025 season. Fans and analysts keep stacking him up against Aiden Hutchinson, the number 2 pick that year who's got 43 career sacks in just Ainta. Massive 180 million extension with Detroit, but Jacksonville saw more upside in Walker's

1:03Georgia tape 9.5 sacks in college over Hutchinson's Michigan production. Now the Jags are building their defense around Walker and two-time pro-bull guy Joshua Hines Allen for the long haul. His 36 tackles for loss rank 6th in franchise history and 27.5 sacks hit 9th all time here, with a 13-4 record and an AFC South Crown under new coach Liam Cohen last year, despite that wildcard heartbreak's a buffalo, this move locks in their past rush future.