Jacksonville Jaguars release wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker: NFL update
The Jacksonville Jaguars released wide receiver Mike Sims-Walker late Thursday night. If a new collective bargaining agreement is instated, Sims-Walker will be an unrestricted free agent.
The news was first reported by a local news station in Florida, with Sims-Walker confirming the news later on Twitter. "Its official," Sims-Walker tweeted. "I personally wanna thank all the fans who stuck with me in jacksonville for the last 4 years but
sorry to say my time is up!!"
Sims-Walker was picked in the third round of the 2007 National Football League (NFL) Draft, overall pick number 79, but missed his entire rookie season because he injured his knee. He went on to miss seven more games in his second season, again due to injuries.
He finally played for most of the 2009 season and did well, recording seven touchdown receptions and leading the team in receptions with 63 and receiving yards with 869.
The six-foot-two, 214 pound wide receiver from the University of Central Florida has just completed his fourth season with the team. His performance in 2010 was not as good as 2009 but he did manage to get seven touchdown receptions again. He dropped in
receptions to 43 this year as well as in yards with 562. He averaged 13.1 yards per receptions and his longest catch was for 39 yards. He also lost a fumble.
His best game of the 2010 season came in Week 8 against the Dallas Cowboys. Sims-Walker made eight receptions for 153 yards and one touchdown. He averaged 19.1 yards per reception with his longest being for 39 yards.
The 26-year-old wide receiver has accumulated 122 receptions for 1648 yards and 14 touchdowns in his four years with the Jags, only two of which were actually spent playing for a majority of the season. His longest reception was for 61 yards and he has a
current average of 13.5 yards per reception. He has also fumbled three times, two of which he lost.
Just one day before he was released, Sims-Walker was working on losing weight at his alma mater, the University of Central Florida, to become “more explosive and more faster.”
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