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ESPN Staff Writer- Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner.
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ESPN- Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jaguars traded for quarterback Quinn Ewers on Saturday, sending a sixth-round pick in 2028 to the Dolphins for the second-year player, the teams announced.
Ewers, 23, played in four games last season and completed 66.3% of his passes for 622 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions.
The Dolphins selected Ewers in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft, and he made the initial 53-man roster as the team's emergency third quarterback behind Tua Tagovailoa and Zach Wilson. He got his first NFL action during a blowout loss to the Cleveland Browns midway through his rookie season, completing 5 of 8 passes for 53 yards, including a 40-yard completion to Dee Eskridge.
Ewers reverted back to the team's third-string quarterback after the game but earned his first start in Week 16 when Tagovailoa was benched. He went 1-2 in three starts to close the season, including a 20-17 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in which he completed 14 of 22 passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns.
When a new regime took over in Miami, Ewers was given the opportunity to compete for the Dolphins' backup quarterback job with Cam Miller and Mark Gronowski. After a promising spring, Ewers' play declined in training camp; he completed 1 of 8 passes in his lone preseason appearance for 27 yards and an interception. A groin injury held him out of Miami's final two games of the preseason.
With Ewers headed to Jacksonville, the Dolphins addressed their backup quarterback situation by trading for Green Bay Packers quarterback Kyle McCord, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Jaguars released backup quarterback Nick Mullens on Sunday, sources told NFL Network's Mike Garafolo and Ian Rapoport. The Jaguars signed Mullens to a two-year deal worth $4.5 million with $3 million guaranteed in March 2025. He was due to make $1.7 million in 2026. If he is cut, the Jaguars would save $1.2 million but face a dead cap hit of $1.3 million, according to OverTheCap.com.
Mullens played in five games in mop-up duty last season, completing 3 of 3 passes for 19 yards. The 31-year-old Mullens entered the NFL in 2018 as an undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers. He spent three seasons there, one in Cleveland and three in Minnesota before signing with the Jaguars.
NFL teams must trim their rosters to 53 by 6 p.m. ET Sunday.