The Jacksonville Jaguars today traded an undisclosed future draft
choice to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for defensive end Regan
Upshaw. To make room on the roster for Upshaw, the Jaguars
waived MLB Chester Burnett. The NFL trading deadline for the
remainder of 1999 was today.
Upshaw, 24, is a four-year veteran who was a first-round draft
choice out of the University of California in 1996. He started all 47
games in which he played during his first three seasons, missing only
one contest, and he started both of the team's playoff games in
- He made 18.5 sacks and 104 tackles, while forcing three
fumbles, recovering one fumble and making one interception. He
ranked as Tampa Bay's 10th leading career sacker. This season, he
played in only one game and was inactive in four others.
The 6-4, 270-pound Upshaw had a career-high 44 tackles and was
second on the Buccaneers with seven sacks last season while
playing for a defense that ranked second in the league. He was the
12th overall draft choice in 1996 after coming out following his
junior season. He made 28 sacks and 142 tackles in three years at
California, and he was first-team All-Pac 10 as a junior. Upshaw is
a native of Pittsburg, Calif., where he was a Parade and USA
Today All-America.
Burnett had been signed by the Jaguars on September 29 after Tom
McManus was placed on injured reserve, but he was inactive for
the three games played while he was on the roster.
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