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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Finds end zone again
Travis Etienne rushed the ball 13 times for 52 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's 18-13 loss to the Browns. He added three receptions on four targets for six yards.Etienne accounted for 13 of the 19 carries recorded by Jacksonville's skill-position players, in part due to the mid-game departure of Tank Bigsby (shoulder). Etienne had a middling performance from an efficiency perspective, though he managed long runs of 20 and 12 yards and also punched in the team's lone touchdown from four yards away and now has found the end zone in each of his first two games of the campaign. Bigsby failed to record a carry before his exit, but if he proves to be healthy for a Week 3 matchup against Buffalo, Etienne is likely to be capped at around 15 carries once again.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Key fumble in Week 1 loss
Travis Etienne rushed 12 times for 44 yards and a touchdown and brought in two of three targets for 15 yards in the Jacksonville Jaguars' 20-17 loss to the Dolphins on Sunday. He also lost a fumble.Etienne's season-opening experience soured significantly with a game-changing fumble, with the third-year back losing the ball at the end of a 10-yard run down to Miami's three-yard line to waste a six-play, 94-yard drive late in the third quarter. Jacksonville appeared on the precipice of what could have been a game-sealing touchdown considering the Jaguars were already up 17-7, but the resulting touchback from the end-zone recovery gave the Dolphins immediate life. Etienne also notably saw backfield mate Tank Bigsby, who had a washout of a rookie 2023 campaign, match him in carries and out-gain him by 29 rushing yards, but whether that was an outlier will only be known in coming games. Etienne will aim to atone for the forgettable afternoon when the Jags host the Browns in Week 2 next Sunday.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Looks good in preseason finale
Travis Etienne rushed the ball seven times for 46 yards in Friday's 31-0 preseason win over Atlanta. He added one reception on one target for three yards.Etienne and the majority of the Jacksonville Jaguars' starters took the field for two drives and experienced plenty of success. More interesting than the stat line was Etienne's usage, as he tallied seven carries to Tank Bigsby's three on the opening two possessions. Bigsby came on the field for a pair of short-yardage situations -- he was stuffed on the first -- but Etienne handled the vast majority of the workload. Jacksonville's coaching staff has discussed the desire to lighten Etienne's usage in 2024, but he'll be the clear lead back and could shoulder a very significant workload until Bigsby proves he can have success in the NFL.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Unlikely to play
Travis Etienne and other key Jacksonville Jaguars are unlikely to play in Saturday's preseason game against Tampa Bay, Zach Goodall of USA Today reports.Etienne played one series in Jacksonville's preseason opener, taking four carries for three yards before catching a nine-yard TD pass to close out the opening drive. It won't come as any surprise if that's the only action he sees this preseason, as there's no doubt about his standing atop the depth chart, and he'll likely play a lot of snaps Week 1 at Miami.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Records receiving TD in win
Travis Etienne rushed four times for three yards and brought in his only target for a nine-yard touchdown in the Jacksonville Jaguars' 26-13 preseason win over the Chiefs on Saturday night.The talented back found running room at a premium, but he was able to cap off the Jaguars' opening possession with a nine-yard touchdown grab in connection with Trevor Lawrence. Etienne projects for another robust role in the upcoming season as the Jaguars' clear No. 1 back. It remains to be seen if he'll see a boost in playing time during the team's second preseason game against the Buccaneers next Saturday night.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Workload to decline?
Doug Pederson said during OTAs that the Jacksonville Jaguars want to lean on Travis Etienne less during the 2024 campaign in order to keep him healthy, Michael DiRocco of ESPN reports.Pederson said it's "hard to put necessarily a rep count" on Etienne's weekly touches, but that looking ahead to 2024 season the coaching staff is "making sure [Tank Bigsby] gets opportunities to get out there and take some of the pounding off of [Etienne]." As DiRocco notes, Etienne finished 2023 accounting for 76 percent of the running back touches for Jacksonville, a high workload that coincided with a disappointing rookie showing for Bigsby. If either D'Ernest Johnson or Bigsby can emerge as a more consistent backup, fantasy managers shouldn't be surprised if Etienne's total touches do indeed decrease this season. While that would certainly represent a blow to Etienne's fantasy ceiling, the 2021 first-round pick does his damage more with efficiency and speed than grinding out carries between the tackles. Jacksonville picked up Etienne's fifth-year option earlier this offseason, which keeps him under contract through 2025.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Fifth-year option picked up
The Jacksonville Jaguars officially exercised Travis Etienne's fifth-year option Monday.GM Trent Baalke said Saturday that Jacksonville would pick up the fifth-year options of both Etienne and quarterback Trevor Lawrence, and the team has now made both moves official. Since missing his entire rookie season due to a Lisfranc injury, Etienne has compiled back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing campaigns and totaled 17 touchdowns over the last two seasons. Now signed through the 2025 season, Etienne is locked in atop Jacksonville's backfield for the next two years, with Tank Bigsby and D'Ernest Johnson available to back him up.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: To get fifth-year option
GM Trent Baalke said Saturday that the Jacksonville Jaguars will exercise the fifth-year option on Travis Etienne's rookie contract, John Shipley of SI.com reports.The same can be said for fellow 2021 first-round pick Trevor Lawrence, which will become official by Thursday's deadline to lock in such options. After getting drafted three years ago, Etienne's pro debut was delayed due to a Lisfranc injury during the preseason in August 2021, but he's since rushed for more than 1,000 yards in both of the last two seasons while racking up 93 catches for 792 yards in 34 regular-season contests. He'll continue to lead Jacksonville's backfield for the next two campaigns ahead of Tank Bigsby once the aforementioned option is exercised.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Reaches 1,000 rushing yards
Travis Etienne rushed the ball 16 times for 57 yards in Sunday's 28-20 loss to the Titans. He added five receptions on six targets for 30 yards.Etienne was scripted out of rushing attempts in the second half with the Jacksonville Jaguars chasing the lead, though he still managed to top 1,000 rushing yards for the second time in as many pro seasons. He also matched his season high with five receptions -- his first such performance came in Week 1 -- and ended the campaign with 476 receiving yards and 58 receptions, both of which were significant improvements over his rookie season. Given his improvement in his second year, it's almost certain that Etienne will enter 2024 as Jacksonville's lead back with the chance to work effectively as both a rusher and pass catcher.
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Jaguars' Travis Etienne: Standout performance in win
Travis Etienne rushed 16 times for 102 yards and two touchdowns and brought in both targets for 16 yards in the Jacksonville Jaguars' 26-0 win over the Panthers on Sunday.Stymied on the ground for an extended stretch of games, Etienne put together his second-highest rushing yardage tally of the season with a big lift from a 62-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. Etienne added a one-yard scoring rush in the fourth quarter to close out the rout, marking his first multi-touchdown effort since Week 7. Etienne will aim to help the Jaguars lock up a playoff berth in Week 18 on the road against the Titans.
Travis Etienne
#1 RB / Jacksonville Jaguars / EXP: 4YRS Height: 5-10 Weight: 215 lb Age: 25 College: Clemson Bye 12Fantasy Points by Week
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