2023 NFL Draft: Jaguars Wrap Up Class With Houston FB Derek Parish

And just like that, the 2023 NFL Draft has ended for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

A year after the Jaguars didn't thrive as a short-yardage running team, the Jaguars are looking to make a switch-up by adding a fullback at No. 270: Houston's Derek Parish.

Parish, 6-foot-0, 241 pounds, ran a 4.58 40-yard dash and recorded a 37-inch vertical jump at Houston's pro day.

Parish was an EDGE player at Houston, appearing in 51 games and starting 27 in six seasons while recording 170 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 17.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles in the process.

Parish played only eight offensive snaps at Houston but spent time at the East-West Shrine Bowl as a full back. The Jaguars said on Friday that Parish would start off as a full back and spend his time in the running back room, similar to when the San Francisco 40ers drafted UCF defensive lineman Bruce Miller in the seventh round in 2011 and converted him to fullback.

The Jaguars current draft class is as follows.

1st, No. 27: OT Anton Harrison, Oklahoma
2nd, No. 61: TE Brenton Strange, Penn State
3rd, No. 88: RB Tank Bigsby, Auburn
4th, No. 121: LB Ventrell Miller, Florida
4th, No. 130: DL Tyler Lacy, Oklahoma State
5th, No. 136: EDGE/LB Yasir Abdullah, Louisville
5th, No. 160: DB Antonio Johnson, Texas A&M
6th, No. 185: WR Parker Washington, Penn State
6th, No. 202: CB Christian Braswell, Rutgers
6th, No. 208: S Erick Hallett II, Pittsburgh
7th, No. 226: OL Cooper Hodges, App. State
7th, No. 227: DL Raymond Vahasek, UNC
7th, No. 240: FB Derek Parish, Houston

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