Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Parker Washington is set to enter the final season of his rookie contract, and it looks like there is no deal in place currently.
Washington didn’t make an appearance during the Jaguars’ three-game preseason schedule and missed a week of practice due to an undisclosed injury before retaking the field during a joint session with the Buccaneers last week.
DiRocco says sides remain far apart
ESPN Jaguars beat writer and reporter Michael DiRocco made an appearance on 1010 XL yesterday and said that he isn’t sure that Jacksonville will have struck a deal with Parker Washington by the season opener, stating that both sides are apart on his potential annual average.
“It’s clear that they’re going to continue talks, but it’s also clear that both sides are far apart on what they want. Because if they weren’t, the deal would probably be done by now, right?” DiRocco said (17:40 mark). “I mean, if you’re Parker, you’re taking a risk at this point right now a little bit because you can get hurt, and then all of a sudden you’re not worth as much as you thought you were, or wouldn’t command as much as you thought you were. You are.”
DiRocco continued, “What if you play and don’t have a great year? Your numbers are down because Trevor’s spreading the ball all over the place, and at the end of the year they put the numbers in frame. It’s like, ‘Hey, you had less receiving yards this year than you had last year. We’re not paying 20.’ If he has less receiving yards this year than he had last year, he shouldn’t be making 25 million. Right, and that would be obviously the logical thing there.”
Later in the show, DiRocco says that the Jags and Washington are rumored to be more than $10 million apart.
With one of the youngest rosters in the NFL and a second-year head coach in Liam Coen, the Jacksonville Jaguars are looking to go back-to-back in the AFC South. Bringing back Parker Washington is a must if the Jaguars want to build and maintain this momentum in 2026 and beyond.
Washington had an amazing 2025 season as a dynamic return specialist and wideout. The former Penn State Nittany Lion had 58 catches for 847 yards, five touchdowns and 14.6 yards per catch. He also added 25 punt returns for 341 yards (13.6 AVG) with an 87-yard longest return and two touchdowns.
