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Jacksonville Jaguars trade for Detroit Lions WR Tim Patrick for 2026 NFL Draft pick
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The Jacksonville Jaguars will send a 2026 sixth-round pick to the Detroit Lions in exchange for receiver Tim Patrick , a league source confirmed to the Times-Union on Wednesday morning.
The Jaguars waived receiver Austin Trammell in a corresponding move. Trammell made the team's initial 53-man roster on Tuesday.
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Patrick, 6-foot-5, 210 pounds, spent the 2024 season with the Lions. He caught 33 passes for 394 yards and three touchdowns. Patrick missed all of 2022 and 2023 because of a torn ACL and a torn Achilles tendon, respectively.
Patrick was originally signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2018. He spent the first five seasons of his career (2018-23) with the Broncos before being released in Aug. 2024 after missing two seasons for the club.
In his first four years in the league, Patrick caught 143 passes for 2,009 yards and 12 touchdowns. His most productive seasons came in 2020-21 when Patrick caught a combined 104 passes for 1,476 yards and 11 touchdowns.
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The Jaguars have been searching for a bigger receiver for weeks now. Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton let it slip during a press conference that Jacksonville was one of the teams in the mix for receiver Devaugn Vele, who was traded to the New Orleans Saints for fourth- and seventh-round picks.
Vele is 6-foot-5, the same height as Patrick. Jacksonville's current top receivers — Brian Thomas Jr. (6-2), Travis Hunter (6-1), Dyami Brown (6-0) and Parker Washington (5-10) — are not of that variety. Patrick gives the team a player who can block in addition to being a bigger body in the red zone.
The Jaguars finalized the team's initial 53-man roster on Tuesday. They retained five receivers, including Thomas, Hunter, Brown, Washington and Trammell. Now, Patrick takes Trammell's place with the latter potentially added back via the team's practice squad if he clears waivers.
Demetrius Harvey is the Jacksonville Jaguars reporter for the Florida Times-Union. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Demetrius82 or on Bluesky @ Demetrius .
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