Sixth-year veteran was originally a fourth-round pick of the Jaguars in 2004 … Spent 2008 season and 2009 preseason with Miami before re-signing with the Jaguars … Started career at WR before making switch to TE in 2009 … Has played in 70 career games with 37 starts with 144 receptions for 2,019 yards and 14 TDs … All 37 career starts were made with Jaguars … Has two career 100-yard receiving games … Ranks second in Jaguars history with 14.1-yard average per reception, fifth with 14 receiving TDs and seventh with 1,994 receiving yards … Third-fastest Jaguar to surpass 1,000 receiving yards to start his career when he did so in his 32nd game … Became one of only three Jaguars receivers to have six-plus touchdowns in a season in 2005 when he finished with seven, joining Jimmy Smith, Keenan McCardell … Combined for 234 receiving yards in two consecutive games in 2005 (Oct. 30 at St. Louis; Nov. 6 vs. Houston), the highest two-game receiving total since 2001 (Jimmy Smith, 235 yards) … Recorded two game-winning receptions as a rookie … Was selected in the fourth round of the 2004 draft with pick obtained in a trade with Baltimore for wide receiver Kevin Johnson.
Played in seven games as WR and was inactive for nine games in his first season with Miami … Finished with three receptions for 25 yards … Had one catch for 15 yards on 9/28 at NE, his first reception with Miami … Recorded two receptions for 10 yards on 12/7 at BUF … Was inactive for AFC Wild Card Playoff game on 1/4 vs. BAL …
Played in 16 games with a career-high 14 starts for the Jaguars … Played in both postseason games … Finished with career-high and team-best 45 receptions for 518 yards with three TDs … Tied career-high with six receptions for 53 yards on 10/22 vs. IND … Recorded season-high 72 receiving yards on five catches on 12/2 at IND … Scored first TD of the season on 12/16 at PIT, a 12-yard reception from David Garrard … Matched career-highs for receptions (6) and TDs (2) on 12/30 at HOU … Posted four receptions for 60 yards and one TD in two postseason games … Had six-yard TD reception in AFC Divisional Playoff game on 1/12 at NE …
Played in all 16 games with a career-high 12 starts … Finished with 36 receptions for 524 yards (14.6 avg.) and two TDs with a long of 41 yards … Had three receptions for 58 yards on 9/10 vs. DAL … Started first game of the season on 9/24 at IND and recorded three receptions for 32 yards … Caught 40-yard reception on 10/8 vs. NYJ … On 11/5 vs. TEN, finished with career-high two TDs on three receptions, scoring on 11 and 22 yard passes from David Garrard … Had two receptions for 25 yards on 11/12 vs. HOU … Led team with five receptions for 72 yards on 11/20 vs. NYG … Finished with two receptions for 44 yards with a long of 41 on 12/24 vs. NE …
Played in all 16 games with eight starts … Had 41 receptions for career-high 681 yards and seven TDs … Ranked second on the club in receptions and led team in TDs … Had 10 receptions of 25-plus yards … Had two receptions for 35 yards including a 21-yard TD catch on 9/25 at NYJ … Recorded 11-yard TD reception on 10/9 vs. CIN … Registered first 100-yard receiving game of his career on 10/30 at STL, finishing with 145 yards on six receptions with one TD … Tallied four receptions for 89 yards with a 12-yard TD grab on 11/6 vs. HOU … Finished with five receptions for 47 yards on 11/20 at TEN with an 18-yard TD … Recorded second 100-yard game of the season on 12/24 at HOU with 118 yards on four receptions including a 36-yard TD catch from David Garrard … Registered 14-yard TD reception in regular season finale on 1/1 vs. TEN … Started AFC Wild Card game on 1/7 at NE and finished with four receptions for 53 yards …
Appeared in 15 games as a rookie with three starts … Was inactive for on 11/21 vs. TEN … Made 19 receptions for 271 yards and two TDs … Made NFL debut on 9/12 at BUF and had game-winning score on the final play with a seven-yard TD reception from Byron Leftwich … Scored on 12-yard reception on 9/19 vs. DEN … Established career-highs with six receptions for 56 yards on 10/3 vs. IND … Recorded career-long 46-yard reception on 1/2 at OAK.
Played in 49 games with 27 starts for Virginia Tech … Finished with 126 receptions for 2,052 yards and 11 TDs, topping the school record of 121 catches by Antonio Freeman (1991-94) … All-Big East first-team choice as a senior … Had 55 receptions for 886 yards and three touchdowns as a senior … Earned second-team All-Conference as a junior … Tallied 51 receptions for 925 yards and seven TDs … Established school single-game receiving record with 279 yards and four TDs against Syracuse as a junior … Graduated with a degree in sociology.
Married (Robyn Denise) … Resides in Jacksonville, Fla. … Had 15 receptions for 247 yards and three TDs as a senior and had four sacks at Franklin/Armstrong Military High in Richmond, Va. … Did not play football until his senior year of high school … Earned All-State honors in track and was named to the All-National team … At Fork Union Military Academy in 1998 caught 25 passes for 297 yards and seven TDs … Father, Ernest, Sr. is a pastor at an Apostolic Church in Richmond, Va. … Hosted the Jaguars Foundation’s Straight Talk program in 2006, which seeks to reduce teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS in collaboration with local TV affiliates … Hosted Ernest Wilford Golf Classic in Jacksonville to benefit the First Tee of St. John’s County, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide an affordable and accessible youth-centered golf facility where the youth in the local community can learn the game of golf and the values it teaches in a structured and supportive environment … Joined his wife as host of the Great Easter Egg Event at the Johnson Family YMCA for youth … Served as celebrity dance competitor in the Swinging with the Stars 2 - fundraiser for FCCJ Dance Department … Avid golfer … Participates in charity golf tournaments … Participated in the second annual Shop with the Cops sponsored by the Nassau County Police Department … Supports local military … Wilford and his wife served as mentors through Big Brothers Big Sisters … Supported and attended team sponsored events including Jaguars Taste of the NFL dinner and the Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation programs including Straight Talk and Playbooks … Recipient of 2004 Jaguars/Morgan Stanley Community Leader of the Year Award … Participated in the Miami Dolphins Foundation’s fishing and golf tournaments … Took part in visits to Sunland Park and Tropical Elementary … Full name: Ernest Lee Wilford, Jr.