The Jaguars declared that they would be inducting tight end Josh Pederson into their team based on future contracts. With him, the wide receiver Seth Williams also was signed into the team. Josh Pederson has the DNA of sports in his legacy as he is the son of the head coach Doug Pederson. He had been showcasing his talents in USFL.
In the USFL, Josh Pederson played for the Houston Gamblers and now plays in the NFL for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the position of tight end. The 26-year-old started playing for the league in the year 2021. Although he was waived off in the same year, he joined the San Francisco 49ers. He has played in a total of 35 games and accounted for eleven touchdowns.
The #Jaguars have signed TE Josh Pederson, son of HC Doug Pederson, to a futures contract 👀 pic.twitter.com/F9h6eIGDuR
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 13, 2024
Josh Pederson caught 99 passes, and his receiving yard number is 1191. For the Jaguars he had played for three games but did not account for any substantial stats and had gone undrafted in his first years. In 2024 he received a futures contract from the Jaguars. This means that the contract would only come into play at the beginning of the next league, unlike the normal NFL contracts.
How has Josh Pederson performed in his college football career?
Josh was born in the year 1997 and was raised in New Jersey and Kansas. He had studied at Blue Valley North. In his high school, he had accounted for 73 receptions amounting to 1102 yards. Josh had also made 16 touchdowns in two seasons and was rated a two-star recruit at high school.
For his college, he was committed to the Louisiana Monroe. Although he remained redshirted for his entire season, in his second year, he played in eleven games and made 12 catches. In his senior year, he had accounted for 32, 367-yarder catches and made 9 scores in his junior year. Josh Pederson also was named the First-team All-Sun Belt.
Josh Pederson’s NFL career trajectory
Despite coming from a revered descent, Josh Pederson did not manage to get himself drafted in his debut year in 2021. He later was selected as a free agent by the 49ers but eventually was waived by the team in the same year. Soon after he resorted to the New Orlean Saints but did not work any wonders there as well. In 2022 Kansas selected Pederson as their reserve.
Although Josh Pederson could not see the light of the day in the Chiefs‘ jersey. Hence after this, he pivoted to the USFL and joined the Houston Gamblers. In 2023 he made his comeback to NFL and was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars where his father was the head coach. Pederson got elevated to the roster later and made his debut against the Bengals and his contract as a reserve was extended on January 9, 2024.