{"id":945989,"date":"2026-07-15T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/945989\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T07:30:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T07:30:21","slug":"jaguars-training-camp-preview-lb-branson-combs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/945989\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars training camp preview: LB Branson Combs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 14, 2026, 3:46 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Between now and training camp, we will be going through the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0full 90-man roster, previewing each player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Up next is linebacker Branson Combs, who wears No. 50.<\/p>\n<p>ProfileHeight: 6-3Weight: 228Age: 26NFL experience: Year 2College: Wake ForestBranson Combs&#8217; tenure with the <a data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" target=\"_blank\" 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\">The Jaguars signed Combs following the 2025 NFL draft as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Recapping Branson Combs&#8217; 2025 season<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Combs was released during roster cutdowns last August before being signed to the practice squad, where he began the season. He was eventually signed to the 53-man roster, emerging as a core special teams contributor. Combs ended up playing 193 snaps over 11 games, contributing to four of the six different phases.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to 2026 for Branson Combs<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the starting spot next to Foye Oluokun up for grabs, Combs appears to be very much in the mix for those snaps, potentially pushing Ventrell Miller for playing time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaguars\/onsi\/jacksonville-why-lb-competition-matters-more-than-anyone-thinks\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Shipley of Jaguars on SI<\/a> wrote during offseason programs that Combs was a &#8220;true riser&#8221; and the &#8220;expectation&#8221; for him should be that he will be competing for the starting job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Continuing to help on special teams will also likely be on Combs&#8217; plate this season as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Just low-key, he&#8217;s pretty athletic, like he&#8217;s explosive,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3BUB7MRfeI\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Coen said<\/a>. &#8220;He can do multiple different things in terms of coverage abilities, whether it&#8217;s in man or zone. I like him in coverage.\u00a0So being able to communicate at a high level is what he&#8217;s needed those reps.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 14, 2026, 3:46 p.m. ET Between now and training camp, we will be going through the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars&#8217;\u00a0full&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,119310,31186,95933,95882,96310,95936,95935,95896,95888,95895,95906,95883,109114,95881],"class_list":["post-945989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-accessfree","tag-football","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacksonvillejaguars","tag-jaguars","tag-nfl","tag-sourcejaguars-wire","tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","tag-sstsnjaguars","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagfoyesade-oluokun","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-tagliam-coen","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagnfl-hub","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagwake-forest-university","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116922825062102096","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945989","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=945989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}