{"id":753037,"date":"2026-02-15T03:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753037\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T03:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:17:11","slug":"jaguars-dawuane-smoot-contract-projection-free-agency-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/753037\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars&#8217; Dawuane Smoot contract projection, free agency prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 14, 2026, 8:11 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot is set to be a free agent this upcoming offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So what might his next contract look like, and will the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0re-sign him?<\/p>\n<p>Dawuane Smoot contract projection<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/market-value\/_\/id\/21810\/dawuane-smoot\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to Spotrac<\/a>, Smoot is projected to earn a one-year deal worth $1.469 million. Smoot will turn 32 years old this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In terms of player age, contract status, and statistical production, Jalyn Holmes, LJ Collier, and Jihad Ward were used by Spotrac as comparisons to determine what Smoot&#8217;s deal could be.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Will the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a> re-sign Dawuane Smoot?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After spending the 2024 season in Buffalo, Smoot returned to Jacksonville this past season and played a key role along the defensive line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He provided Anthony Campanile with a versatile presence up front, lining up at defensive end and in the B-gap regularly and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Smoot finished the season recording 19 pressures and two sacks, while making 21 tackles in the run game,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> according to PFF.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At that contract amount, bringing Smoot back makes plenty of sense. He was a regular rotational member of the defensive front, can fill a variety of roles, while depth at both defensive end and defensive tackle is needed this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If the Jaguars want to get younger up front, going in a different direction with 11 draft picks could be in play. However, at this time, there are a number of reasons why bringing Smoot back makes sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 14, 2026, 8:11 p.m. ET Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;\u00a0defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot is set to be a free agent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,96049,95936,107880,96780,107881,95895,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-753037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","16":"tag-sstsnjaguars","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagdawuane-smoot","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagjalyn-holmes","21":"tag-tagjihad-ward","22":"tag-tagl-j-collier","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116072483915172652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753037","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=753037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}