Ezra Cleveland
OL
#76
Experience: 7 years
Height: 6-6
Age: 28
Weight: 312 lbs
College: Boise State
Defense
| YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2025 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2024 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | Minnesota Vikings | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | |||||||||||
| TOTAL | 97 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
KEY TRANSACTIONS
- Selected in the second round (No. 58 overall) in the 2020 draft
- Acquired via trade by Jacksonville on 10/31/23
- Re-signed with Jacksonville on 3/7/24
KEY TRANSACTIONS
- Selected in the second round (No. 58 overall) in the 2020 draft
- Acquired via trade by Jacksonville on 10/31/23
- Re-signed with Jacksonville on 3/7/24
PRO
2025 (Jaguars)
- Started at left guard in all 17 games in which he appeared... Started on an offensive line that did not allow a sack in five games, tied for the most in the league, and did not allow a QB hit in two games, the most in the NFL in 2025... Started one postseason game as part of an offensive line that helped the Jaguars rush for seven plays of 10-plus yards, tied for the most in a postseason game in franchise history
- 12/14 vs. NYJ: Started at left guard as part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack of QB Trevor Lawrence for the second-consecutive game
- 12/7 vs. IND: Started at left guard and played all 64 offensive snaps... Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack of QB Trevor Lawrence
- 11/16 vs. LAC: Started at left guard and played 69 offensive snaps... Blocked for a rushing attack that produced 192 rushing yards and four touchdowns
- 9/7 vs. CAR: Started at left guard and played all 66 offensive snaps and six snaps on special teams... Part of an offensive line that allowed no sacks of QB Trevor Lawrence and produced 200 rushing yards
2024 (Jaguars)
- Started at left guard in all 15 games in which he appeared
- 12/15 vs. NYJ: Started at left guard and played all 84 offensive snaps
- 12/1 vs. HOU: Started at left guard and played all 70 offensive snaps
- 10/6 vs. IND: Started at left guard and played all 58 offensive snaps... Blocked for QB Trevor Lawrence to throw for a career-high 371 yards and was part of an offensive line that allowed no sacks
2023 (Jaguars)
- Participated in nine games with five starts
- 1/7 at TEN: Started at left guard and played all 71 offensive snaps and four snaps on special teams
- 12/24 at T.B.: Started at left guard and played all 66 offensive snaps and one snap on special teams
- 12/4 vs. CIN: Started at left guard and played all 69 offensive snaps... Saw action on six special teams plays
2023 (Minnesota Vikings)
- Started six games at left guard before leaving Week 6 at Chicago (10/15) with an injury
2022 (Minnesota Vikings)
- Started all 17 games at left guard
2021 (Minnesota Vikings)
- Started all 17 games at left guard and played all 1,082 offensive snaps
2020 (Minnesota Vikings)
- Appeared in 13 games (nine starts) at right guard for the Vikings offense
COLLEGE
- Started in all 40 of his college games after redshirting in 2016
- Two-time First-Team All-Mountain West (2018 and 2019) and honorable mention in 2017 as a redshirt freshman
- Part of a Boise State team that played in the Mountain West Championship Game each season, winning the conference title in 2017 and 2019
- Helped Broncos to 12-2 mark in 2019, with the only losses coming at BYU and in the Las Vegas Bowl to Washington
- Squad went 10-3 in 2018 and 11-3 in 2017, winning the Las Vegas Bowl over Oregon
- Blocked for Mountain West Freshman of the Year, RB George Holani, in 2019
- During his time as a Bronco, he helped extend the team's streak of having a 1,000-yard rusher to 12 consecutive seasons
- Protected Mountain West Player of the Year, QB Brett Rypien, and the nation's 18th-ranked passing offense (292 yards per game) in 2018
- Started 14 games as a redshirt freshman while the Broncos finished second in the Mountain West in scoring (32.5 points per game)
PERSONAL
- Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors in 2017
- One of 58 players who virtually attended the 2020 NFL Draft
- Highest-drafted Boise State Bronco since Leighton Vander Esch was selected by Dallas in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft
- Led the OL group at the NFL Combine with his 4.46 20-yard shuttle and 7.26 3-cone drill... Ran a 4.93 40-yard dash (third among OL) and 30 bench press reps (fifth among OL)
- Majored in construction management
- Born three weeks premature, but weighed 11 pounds at birth
- Grew up in Spanaway, Washington, a suburb of Tacoma