{"id":856464,"date":"2026-04-06T06:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856464\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:29:29","slug":"jaguars-sign-former-georgia-no-1-pick-to-110m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856464\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars sign former Georgia No. 1 pick to $110M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 5, 2026, 12:30 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\">Georgia Bulldogs<\/a> defensive end Travon Walker was a controversial No. 1 pick in the record-setting <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/football\/2022\/04\/30\/every-georgia-football-player-taken-in-2022-nfl-draft\/79093194007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2022 NFL draft<\/a>. Four years after the <a href=\"https:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> drafted Walker No. 1, the Jaguars are extending Walker as part of a massive four-year deal worth $110 million. According to Adam Schefter, the contract includes &#8220;$77 million guaranteed and $50 million fully guaranteed&#8221; for Walker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Since drafting Walker, Jacksonville has had winning records in three of the last four seasons. The Jaguars went 13-4 and won the AFC South during the 2025 season before losing to the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Walker has been part of a Jacksonville defense that was among the NFL&#8217;s leaders in turnovers forced last season. The Jaguars view Walker as a key part of their future. He is coming off the least productive year of his NFL career (3 1\/2 sacks and 38 tackles in 14 games including 12 starts). Walker has 27 1\/2 career sacks and is a formidable run defender. He posted back-to-back 10-plus sack seasons in 2023 and 2024 and will look to return to that form in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:439px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89457591007-usatsi-27147906.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker (44) flexes after a sack on Houston Texans quarterback CJ. Stroud\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Walker&#8217;s four-year, $110 million deal is just more (annually) than Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jordan Davis&#8217; three-year, $78 million contract extension. No <a href=\"http:\/\/ugawire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/bulldogs\/football\/2026\/03\/12\/georgia-bulldogs-football-nfl-free-agency-tracker\/89085342007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia Bulldog has signed<\/a> a larger contract than Walker this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Jaguars extend Travon Walker on $110 million contract<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow UGA Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ugawire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Instagram<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@ugawire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads for<\/a> more Georgia football coverage!<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:7|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 12:30 p.m. ET Former Georgia Bulldogs defensive end Travon Walker was a controversial No. 1&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,99667,96358,96028,95882,98645,95896,95888,95899,96099,95883,97961,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-856464","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-sstssportscollegebulldogsfootball","16":"tag-sstsnfootball","17":"tag-tagafc-south","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagjordan-davis","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","23":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagtravon-walker","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116356354124565413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856464","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=856464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}