GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 2008 (14/0)
NFL TOTALS: 14 games, 0 starts
POSTSEASON TOTALS: 0 games, 0 starts
TRANSACTIONS: Signed as an undrafted rookie on 5/17/08.
Explosive young player who made roster as undrafted rookie in 2008 … Served as primary returner and saw action late in the season at CB … Set single-season franchise record with 52 kickoff returns for 1,250 yards … Possesses outstanding speed and quickness … Joined Isaiah Gardner as the only two undrafted rookies to make opening day roster … First player from Stillman (NCAA Division III) to make Jaguars roster … Nicknamed "Spoon."
Played in 14 games as a rookie on special teams and at CB … Handled the kickoff and punt return duties … Was one of only two undrafted rookies to make opening day roster … Led team with a franchise-record 52 kickoff returns for 1,250 yards (24.0 avg.) and 17 punt returns for 192 yards (11.3 avg.) … The 11.3-average ranked as fifth-highest for a season in team history … Added seven tackles on defense and two special teams tackles … Became only the third Jaguars rookie to surpass 1,000 all-purpose yards as he finished with 1,442, joining Fred Taylor (1998) and Maurice Jones-Drew (2006) … Was impressive in his first career game on 9/7 at TEN as he returned three kickoffs for 124 yards (41.3 avg.) with a long of 51. Returned two punts for 45 yards (22.5 avg.) with a long of 29 yards … 9/14 vs. BUF: Had three kickoff returns for 85 yards (28.3 avg.) and one punt return for eight yards … 9/28 vs. HOU: Returned five kickoffs for 130 yards (26.0 avg.) and two punts for 43 yards (21.5 avg.). Saw action for three plays on defense … Totaled 101 yards on four kickoff returns on 10/5 vs. PIT … Was inactive on 10/12 at DEN with thigh injury … 10/26 vs. CLE: Returned a career-high six kickoffs for 134 yards (22.3) with a long of 30 and one punt for 14 yards . The six returns tied for the third-most in team history … 11/2 at CIN: Had two kickoff returns for 45 yards (22.5 avg.), one punt return for one yard and one special teams tackle … Inactive on 11/9 at DET … 11/16 vs. TEN: Totaled 75 yards on four kickoffs and 31 yards on two punt returns. Had four fair catches … 11/23 vs. MIN: Had a career-high 38-yard punt return … 12/1 at HOU: Recorded 52 yards on two kickoff returns and became third rookie in franchise history to have 1,000 all-purpose yards … 12/7 at CHI: Saw action for 20 plays at cornerback and recorded two solo tackles. Added two punt returns for two yards and four kickoff returns for 99 yards with a long of 35 … 12/14 vs. GB: Had one solo tackle on defense and set a single-season franchise record for kickoff returns (42) and kickoff return yards (1,033). Finished with 84 yards on four kickoffs … 12/18 vs. IND: Recorded one solo tackle and returned five kickoffs for 120 yards (24.0 avg.) … 12/28 at BAL: Recorded three solo tackles in season-finale.
Named first team All-America by D2football.com as a senior … Recorded three interceptions with 14 tackles in 2006 despite missing six games due to injury … Also earned Division II All-America honors as a 100-meter track sprinter … Named Southern Intercollegiate Conference Male Track Athlete of the Year as a senior … Lettered on the school's baseball team … Majored in history.
Single … Lives in Butler, Ala. … Attended Choctaw County (Ala.) High … Active participant of the 2008 Jaguars Rookie Club … Was coached by former Buffalo Bills 1985 first-round pick Derrick Burroughs in 2007 at Stillman. Burroughs suffered a career-ending spinal cord injury in 1989 and was paralyzed for 24 hours … Established a relationship with The Sanctuary on 8th Street organization by making weekly visits … Attended the annual Food Drive Kickoff event at Winn-Dixie in 2008 … Attended the I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless' Transformation event at the Florida Theatre … Full name: Brian Witherspoon.