Jaguars CB Kevin Devine was the only Jacksonville player selected
by the Cleveland Browns in today's expansion draft. The remaining
four Jaguars players who had been made eligible remain with the
team: CB Deon Figures (who was pulled back when Devine was
chosen), DT Jose White, LB James Hamilton and WR Will Moore.
Devine, 24, was one of only two undrafted rookies to make the 1997
roster. He played in 12 games as a rookie and five in '98. In two
seasons, he made one interception and nine tackles on defense and
15 tackles on special teams.
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Jaguars DE Tony Brackens recently underwent arthroscopic
surgery on his left shoulder, performed by team physicians at
Jacksonville Orthopaedic Institute. Brackens' shoulder had bothered
him for the latter half of the 1998 season, and after a trial of
rehabilitation it was decided to go forward with arthroscopic surgery
to correct the problem. Brackens has begun rehabilitation and is
expected to participate in the team's offseason conditioning program
that begins next month.
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The Jaguars have signed G Andrew Greene to a contract. Length
and terms of the contract are undisclosed. Greene, 29, was signed
to the team's practice squad last December 16, where he spent the
remaining weeks of the season. He was a second-round draft
choice of the Miami Dolphins in 1995 and was waived during the
'96 training camp and by Seattle in the '97 camp. He played in four
games with the Seahawks in '98, before being waived on November
- The 6-4, 304-pound Greene was a three-year starter at the
University of Indiana and was named second-team All-Big Ten as a
senior. He was born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Ontario,
Canada.
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