JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars have nominated 11th-year DL Calais Campbell for the 2018 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award, given annually to a player who demonstrates the qualities of on-field sportsmanship including fair play, respect for the game and opponents, and integrity in competition. “[Calais] epitomizes the characterization of the Art Rooney Award. He goes out here and works hard …
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Calais Campbell Calls Jaguars The Hardest-Working Team In The NFL
Jaguars defensive lineman Calais Campbell sent out a tweet this week asking, “What do you get when you have 4 pro bowlers on one D Line?” The responses to his tweet included “#Sacksonville” and “Hoist the Lombardi!” Jacksonville’s defensive line Pro Bowlers last season were Campbell, Malik Jackson and Yannick Ngakoue, and Marcell Dareus made two Pro Bowls with the …
NFL Network Top 100: Calais Campbell Ranked No. 14 Player In The League
The Jacksonville Jaguars might have their last player on the NFL Network Top 100 with defensive lineman Calais Campbell coming in at No. 14 overall. The Mayor of #Sacksonville led a campaign of devastation in 2017.@Campbell93 comes in at #14 on the #NFLTop100 pic.twitter.com/rPG49FZXwr — #DUUUVAL (@Jaguars) June 19, 2018 Franchise record for sacks, Defensive Player of the Year. Congratulations …
Time in homeless shelter fuels Calais Campbell’s desire to help
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Calais Campbell never talked about one particular six-month period just before he entered junior high school. Not with his closest friends at South High School in Denver, where he was one of the country’s most sought-after recruits. Nor at the University of Miami, where he was one of the best defensive linemen in the nation from 2005-07. …
Jaguars’ Campbell Using Bowling For Team Building, Charity Fundraising
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When Calais Campbell first came to Jacksonville as a free agent last offseason, he put together bowling outings as an opportunity for his new teammates to better get to know one another. It was team building and developing the kind of brotherhood that the team talked about as the foundation for their run to the AFC championship …
Almost A Year Later, Calais Campbell Still One Who Got Away For Many
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – In the almost constant review of the Denver Broncos season that has gone on in the weeks since the 5-11 finish, a name that has popped up more than occasionally as a symbol of how things got to this point is Calais Campbell. Campbell was the Broncos’ big target in free agency last March, a Denver native, …
NFL Players Vote Calais Campbell Sporting News Defensive Player Of The Year For 2017
Calais Campbell was one of the NFL’s best-kept defensive secrets when he towered over the desert in Arizona. It took him putting the big sacks in “Sacksonville” to break through as the league’s unquestioned best defensive player. Campbell, 31, is Sporting News’ Defensive Player of the Year for 2017, an award voted on by his peers. A two-time Pro Bowler …
Calais Campbell On Jags’ Success: I Expected To Be Here
Way back in the sweltering days of July, Calais Campbell talked about the Jaguars as a Super Bowl threat. After getting a feel for Jacksonville’s roster, the free-agent addition pointed to a team with “all the pieces are in place,” and told NFL Network he planned to “lead Jacksonville to a Super Bowl.” Those comments were largely laughed off — …
Campbell Thanks Fitz, Dockett For Age Defiance
It’s been a magical year for former Cardinals defensive lineman Calais Campbell, who went for the big money in Jacksonville as a free agent all the while insisting the Jaguars could win this year — and he was right. It’s been in no small part because of Campbell, who had a career-high 14.5 sacks and was named Wednesday as the …