Jaguars Extend RB JaMycal Hasty

In the same span of days in which backup quarterback C.J. Beathard and defensive lineman Roy Robertson-Harris received contract extensions from the Jaguars, backup running back JaMycal Hasty found himself next in line for a new deal.

The Jaguars extended Hasty on Sunday, bringing him back for his second season with Jacksonville after he spent most of last season as Travis Etienne's top backup.

Hasty played in all 17 regular season games and both postseason games for the Jaguars in 2022 after being claimed off of waivers on Aug. 31, 2022. In his first season with Jacksonville, he recorded career highs in scrimmage yards (320), rushing yards (194), carries (46) and rushing TDs (2). Hasty entered the league with the 49ers and played in 19 games with San Francisco from 2020-21.

“Yeah, there’s certainly elements to his game that marry some of the things that we have built in for Travis," Jaguars offensive coordinator Press Taylor said during the season. 

"JaMycal had a big third down conversion where they busted coverage, but that’s something that Travis had really been the one that repped all week, and you don’t have much hesitation throwing him out there to put him in a situation where he’s run that route, he’s done it a certain number of times. Now, was he featured on that during the week? Probably not. We try to sneak in walkthrough reps so those guys all know if somebody goes down, they know the assignment, they know what to do, we’ll sneak off those types of throws to the side with Trevor [Lawrence] just in case something like that were to come up. 

"As a coach, it makes you feel good when that comes up and that guy is ready to roll, that guy executes at a high level. Trevor doesn’t blink that all the sudden there’s a new guy standing next to him on the primary route in a third down concept because he’s got a lot of trust built into JaMycal. JaMycal was a guy that joined us right at the start of the season, so now, we’ve had 13-14 weeks to spend time with him and try to get on the same page.”