{"id":824600,"date":"2026-03-21T05:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824600\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T05:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:27:22","slug":"former-jaguars-wr-dj-chark-retires-from-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/824600\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Jaguars&#8217; WR DJ Chark retires from NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Former <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;<\/a> wide receiver and draft pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CharDJ00.htm\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Chark<\/a> is retiring from the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chark made the announcement on social media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;After much contemplation, I have decided to share a proper farewell as I navigate retirement,&#8221; Chark wrote in a social media post. &#8220;My journey began at the age of 7 when I signed up for football, unaware of the profound impact it would have on my life. I simply love the sport and had the unwavering support of my parents. Years later, I received the support of my wife, kids, family, and thousands of fans!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">To read Chark&#8217;s full retirement post, you can find the rest of it below.<\/p>\n<p>DJ Chark&#8217;s NFL career with 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><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Chark was a second-round pick by the Jaguars in the 2018 NFL draft. He played his first four seasons with the team, appearing in 43 games, while making 30 starts.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As a member of the Jaguars, Chark caught 147 passes, totaling 2,042 yards with 15 touchdowns. In 2019, Chark was named a Pro Bowler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He also spent time with Detroit, Carolina, the LA Chargers, and Atlanta. Chark&#8217;s last regular-season snap came during the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He finished his career with 216 receptions, 3,100 yards, and 24 touchdowns. Chark played in 76 NFL games over seven seasons with 51 starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">(This article will be updated.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated March 20, 2026, 6:29 p.m. ET Former Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217; wide receiver and draft pick DJ Chark is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,110539,95936,95896,95888,95906,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-824600","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-tagd-j-chark-jr","19":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116265513512285994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824600","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=824600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}