Jags Sign Stokes

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By John Clayton
ESPN.com


After debating opportunities with the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos for backup jobs, former San Francisco 49ers receiver J.J. Stokes decided to challenge for a starting job and agree to a one-year, $805,000 contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.


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Included in the deal, which will be signed Tuesday, is a $150,000 signing bonus. Stokes could make $300,000 in incentives.

Stokes, 30, was a June 2 salary-cap casualty but figured to be one of the most active of the released players on the market. The New York Jets and Detroit Lions also showed interest in the former first-round draft choice from UCLA.

Stokes played eight seasons for the 49ers and caught 327 passes for 4,139 yards and 30 touchdowns. Stokes' best season was 1998 when he caught 63 passes for 770 yards and scored eight touchdowns.


The need for a viable receiver to pair with Jimmy Smith was reflected in the team's 2002 statistics and the aggregate numbers for its current receivers corps. Excluding Smith, the Jacksonville wide receivers combined for just 58 catches, 788 yards and fve touchdowns in 2002. Even in a season when most observers felt Smith's performance declined, his individual statistics still dwarfed those combined numbers, as he posted 80 receptions for 1,027 yards and seven scores.




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[The_Philster]

The Jaguars addressed their need for a No. 2 wide receiver today by signing former San Francisco 49er J.J. Stokes to a one-year contract, coach Jack Del Rio confirmed.

The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Stokes arrived in Jacksonville today and is expected to be in uniform for the start of the Jaguars' final, three-day June passing camp tomorrow. Stokes, the 10th overall pick in 1995 by the 49ers, chose the Jaguars over Green Bay, Denver and the New York Jets because only Jacksonville offered him the chance at a starting job....

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Unlike at his previous NFL stop, J.J. Stokes won't have to fight high expectations with the Jaguars.

The former San Francisco 49ers wide receiver never lived up to the hype of being the league's No. 10 overall draft pick in 1995, and James Harris said the Jaguars aren't looking for Stokes to be more than "a solid, productive receiver" after signing him to a one-year contract yesterday....

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[The_Philster]

Ex-49er Stokes eager to catch on
The Jaguars are about to find out which side was right in the J.J. Stokes debate.

Stokes, the Jaguars' newest wide receiver, always said he could've been more productive with San Francisco if the 49ers had thrown him the ball more than a handful of times per game.

The 49ers said Stokes -- the 10th overall pick in 1995 -- didn't get the ball because he couldn't get open with any consistency.

Now comes the Jaguars' chance to decide. They signed Stokes to a one-year, $805,000 deal on Monday, then got their first glimpse of him yesterday during the first day of a three-day passing camp at Alltel Stadium...
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