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Jacksonville Jaguars OLB Josh Hines-Allen comes in at No. 35 on NFL's Top-100 list for 2024
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- Jacksonville Jaguars OLB Josh Hines-Allen comes in at No. 35 on NFL's Top-100 list for 2024
Jacksonville Jaguars outside linebacker Josh Hines-Allen was not ranked among the top-100 NFL players by the league's website in the 2023 preseason.
A sign of disrespect? Perhaps, but Hines-Allen kept those kind of slights inside and went to work on his best season as a professional.
Jacksonville Jaguars outside linebacker Josh Hines-Allen made the NFL's top 100 players of the 2024 season, at No. 35.
There was no disrespect this season. Hines-Allen is 35th on the NFL's Top-100 after the release of Nos. 31-40 on Monday night.
"Prove-it years will henceforth fear him," wrote NFL Digital Content Producer Bobby Kownack on nfl.com. "Hines-Allen went into last season on his fifth-year rookie option and came out of it with more sacks than he had managed the previous three campaigns combined."
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Kownack wrote further about Hines-Allen: "His 17.5 sacks trailed only T.J. Watt , and he added 66 tackles, 33 quarterback hits, two forced fumbles and an interception for good measure. The Jags rewarded him with a contract through 2028 averaging $28.3 million a year."
Quarterback Trevor Lawrence was previously named No 94 on the list.
DC Ryan Nielsen says Hines-Allen 'totally locked in'
Hines-Allen's multiple talents -- playing against the run, rushing the passer, dropping into coverage -- will be a huge part of Jaguars defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen's scheme.
Will Josh Hines-Allen be the last Jaguars on the Top-100 list?
"Totally locked in," Nielsen said of Hines-Allen embracing the new defensive staff and Nielsen's way of doing things. "Everything that we're doing [he's] bought in, our style of play or defense, what we're going to be about."
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That may appear to be the case, since Lawrence was the only Jaguar to make the list last season, at No. 96.
But tight end Evan Engram could certainly make a case. He caught 114 passes, the second-most by a tight end in NFL history, gained 963 yards and scored four touchdowns.
The NFL is releasing 10 names at a time, and will unveil the top 10 on Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. on NFL Network.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Josh Hines-Allen is 35th on NFL's Top-100. Will that be it for Jaguars?
