JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– The Jacksonville Jaguars continued their roster purge Thursday by consenting to trade safety Ronnie Harrison to the Cleveland Browns for a 2021 fifth-round draft choice, the team announced Thursday.
Harrison is the 3rd Jaguars starter in five days to be traded or cut. The group traded dissatisfied defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to Minnesota on Sunday and waived running back Leonard Fournette on Monday.
The Browns needed a security following the season-ending injury to second-round draft pick Grant Delpit, who ruptured an Achilles tendon in training school on Aug. 24.
2 RelatedHarrison is the 3rd gamer prepared in the leading three rounds since 2016 to be cut or traded by the Jaguars before completing his novice contract. Fournette and cornerback Jalen Ramsey (traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 2019) are the others; Ngakoue was traded after his fourth season.
Harrison has started 22 of the 28 video games in which he played for the Jaguars considering that they drafted him in the 3rd round out of Alabama in 2018. He has three interceptions, one fumble healing and 103 deals with.
Harrison is the fourth defensive starter to be traded because the 2019 season ended, even more fueling the narrative that the Jaguars are angling for a much better position in the 2021 NFL draft, with the prospective prize being Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
The Jaguars dealt protective end Calais Campbell to Baltimore for a fifth-round choice and cornerback A.J. Bouye to Denver for a fourth-round pick in March. Both gamers had huge salaries and the Jaguars conserved more than $30 million against the income cap with those moves.
ESPNs Jake Trotter contributed to this report.
