{"id":256827,"date":"2025-08-02T20:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/256827\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:46:10","slug":"former-jacksonville-jaguars-running-back-signs-with-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/256827\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; running back signs with Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jacksonville Jaguars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> running back D&#8217;Ernest Johnson is reportedly signing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baltimore Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN&#8217;s <\/a>Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson spent two seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jaguars;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jaguars<\/a> and had a relatively small role on offense, totaling just 41 carries during that span.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He did, however, average 4.5 yards per rush in 2024 and made the most of his pass-catching opportunities, recording 206 receiving yards in his two seasons with Jacksonville on just 22 receptions,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per PFF;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> per PFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also played just 55 special teams snaps last season after seeing 142 the year prior.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was a free agent this offseason, and like every other unrestricted free agent that the Jaguars had, GM James Gladstone let him walk.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaguars&#8217; running back room quickly became crowded with Tank Bigsby and Travis Etienne returning, while Gladstone also added Bhayshul Tuten and LeQuint Allen in the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2025\/08\/02\/former-jaguars-running-back-dernest-johnson-signs-with-baltimore-ravens\/85492033007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Former Jaguars&#039; RB D&#039;Ernest Johnson signs with Baltimore Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Former Jaguars&#8217; RB D&#8217;Ernest Johnson signs with Baltimore Ravens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Jacksonville Jaguars running back D&#8217;Ernest Johnson is reportedly signing with the Baltimore Ravens, according to ESPN&#8217;s Adam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[4191,117,2777,49637,7,212,125,2401,213,1302,6,5657,7150],"class_list":{"0":"post-256827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-adam-schefter","9":"tag-baltimore-ravens","10":"tag-bhayshul-tuten","11":"tag-dernest-johnson","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","15":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","16":"tag-jaguars","17":"tag-james-gladstone","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-tank-bigsby","20":"tag-travis-etienne"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114961133566643735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}