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Jacksonville Jaguars reduce roster to 54 players, with quarterbacks Matt Scott and Mike Kafka among 21 players released.

The veterans released were wide receiver Jeremy Ebert, defensive end Pannel Egboh, Kafka, running back Jonathan Grimes, linebacker Brandon Marshall, wide receiver Charly Martin, offensive tackle Pat McQuistan, guard Drew Nowak, cornerback Kevin Rutland, defensive tackle D’Anthony Smith, linebacker Julian Stanford and cornerback Marcus Trufant.

The first-year players released were wide receiver Toney Clemons and defensive end Ryan Davis.

The rookies released were defensive tackle T.J. Barnes, offensive tackle R.J. Dill, tight end Ryan Otten, wide receiver Tobais Palmer, Scott, safety Steven Terrell and linebacker Mike Zimmer.

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Leaves Gabbert, Henne and newly acquired Ricky Stanzi as the 3 QBs on roster.

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What? When did that happen?

The Chiefs gave fucking Brady Quinn a start but kept Stanzi rotting on the bench.

I'm gonna' lol when Jags bench Gabbert and Henne and start owning with Stanzgod.

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Stanzi hasn't even been with the team for a week. Good luck with that one bro.

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The Jaguars, a day after officially trimming their roster to 53 players, on the Sunday afternoon before the start of the 2013 regular season claimed a dizzying seven players off waivers from other teams, a list that included:

Former Packers tight end D.J. Williams, former Eagles linebacker Chris McCoy, former Seahawks strong safety Winston Guy, former Eagles tight end Clay Harbor, former Vikings wide receiver Stephen Burton, former Falcons offensive guard Jacques McClendon and former Bears linebacker J.T. Thomas.

Five veteran players were released or waived today in DB Antwon Blake, TE Brett Brackett, DT Kyle Love, WR Jordan Shipley and LB Andy Studebaker.  Also waived were first-year C Dan Gerberry and rookie FB Lonnie Pryor.

The Jaguars signed seven players to their practice squad and all seven spent the preseason with the club.  The following players were added to the practice squad: DB Marcus Burley, DE Ryan Davis, WR Jeremy Ebert, OL Drew Nowak, WR Tobais Palmer, QB Matt Scott and DB Steven Terrell

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Jaguars roster breakdown

September, 2, 2013  5:15 PM ET
By Michael DiRocco | ESPN.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jaguars made one roster move on Monday, adding rookie fullback Lonnie Pryor to the practice squad.

That was a pretty quiet day compared to Sunday, when the Jaguars were awarded seven players off waivers, cut seven players and signed seven more players to the practice squad, the Jaguars front office was pretty quiet. And while things won't be as busy as they were Sunday, GM Dave Caldwell and coach Gus Bradley have said they will be aggressive in terms of trying to improve the bottom part of the roster and special-teams play, which means the team will be signing and cutting players on a somewhat regular basis.

So while things are (relatively) quiet for now, here’s a quick breakdown of the 54-man roster (we’re including WR Justin Blackmon, who is suspended for the first four games):

According to data collected by The Philadelphia Inquirer and posted on its website, the Jaguars have the league’s fifth-youngest roster in the NFL. The numbers may not be 100 percent accurate now because the website used the rosters as of 9 p.m. Saturday and teams continued to add and cut players on Sunday, but it shouldn’t make too much of a difference in the final results.

Here’s how the Jaguars roster breaks down in terms of age:

The Jaguars have 38 players 26 years old or younger, including 12 projected starters: WR Cecil Shorts (25), LT Eugene Monroe (26), LG Will Rackley (23), RT Luke Joeckel (21), WR Justin Blackmon (23), QB Blaine Gabbert (23), DT Tyson Alualu (26), DT Roy Miller (26), DT Sen’Derrick Marks (26), LB Geno Hayes (26), CB Dwayne Gratz (23), S Johnathan Cyprien (23).

They have 12 players between 27 and 30 years old, including six starters: RG Uche Nwaneri (29), TE Marcedes Lewis (29), FB Will Ta’ufo’ou (27), RB Maurice Jones-Drew (28), LB Paul Posluszny (28) and S Dwight Lowery (27).

There are only three players older than 30, all of which are starters: DE Jason Babin (33), C Brad Meester (36) and K Josh Scobee (31).

Sixteen players are either rookies or first-year players.

The Jaguars have four players on the roster who were drafted under GM Shack Harris (2003-08) and 10 players who were drafted under GM Gene Smith (2009-12).

If you eliminate the 2012 draft class because those players are only in their second year and should still be on the roster (four of the six picks are), the number remaining from Smith’s tenure drops to six. The 2009 and 2010 drafts should have produced the core group of players that should be the strength of this year’s team since they would be entering their fourth and fifth seasons, which is when most players enter their prime. But only two of the 15 players taken in those two drafts remain: Monroe and Alualu.