Dyami Brown Eager to Shine in Jaguars’ High-Powered Offense

After a strong finish to the 2024 season, wide receiver Dyami Brown wanted a bigger role. He found the perfect opportunity with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Brown signed a one-year, $9.5 million deal with the Jaguars this offseason. He chose Jacksonville because he saw a chance to contribute more — and so far, he’s making the most of it.

During OTAs and minicamp, Brown was a key part of new head coach Liam Coen’s offense. Despite the team drafting two-way star Travis Hunter with the No. 2 pick and returning 2024 Pro Bowler Brian Thomas Jr., Brown stood out and looks set for a breakout year.

“Locked in” on the Mission

“That’s just staying focused and locked in,” Brown said. “At the end of the day, all I can do is go study where I need to study and keep performing, stay on top of the little details, the fundamental things. Can’t get tired of those things, and at the end of the day, I just want to be the player that I can be.”

Brown’s first few years in the league didn’t go as planned. A third-round pick by Washington in 2021, he had a stellar college career at North Carolina with 106 catches, 2,133 yards, and 20 touchdowns over his final two seasons. But in his first three NFL years, he totaled just 29 receptions in 47 games.

Things began to turn around late in 2024. Over the final six games, Brown caught 16 passes for 159 yards. He finished the season with career highs in catches (30) and receiving yards (308).

In Washington’s playoff run, he tied Terry McLaurin for most receptions (14) and outgained him (229 to 227 yards). He also scored a touchdown and had five catches for 89 yards in the team’s upset win over Tampa Bay — a game where Coen, now Jacksonville’s head coach, was on the opposing sideline as the Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator.

A Clear Fit in Coen’s System

That playoff performance helped land Brown on the Jaguars’ radar. With Christian Kirk traded to Houston and tight end Evan Engram released, Jacksonville had room for a versatile receiver like Brown.

“You look at somebody that’s able to attack the field at all three levels,” Coen said. “He can go down the field on the post, in the go, in the pylons and be the top shelf, but also you can throw him a screen and he can go and do something with it. I can’t coach that. I can’t coach you to go and make three people miss after you’ve caught the ball. … That’s what he can do.

“Hopefully, he’ll be able to help us at all three levels. He’s hungry. He’s coming off a successful end of the year. He wants to continue to do that.”

Coen believes Brown is more than just a vertical threat. This offseason, he’s asked the 26-year-old to expand his route tree and prove he can be more than a deep-ball receiver.

“You didn’t really see him work the intermediate that much [in Washington], and I think over the course of this spring, Trevor and him have gained a little bit of a chemistry on some of those intermediate in-breakers, curls, maybe outcuts,” Coen said.

“… Part of the selling point to have him come here was, ‘Man, we really want to continue to diversify your route tree and have you do more. You’re not just a screen, jet sweep, vertical threat.'”

Building Chemistry with Trevor Lawrence

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence noticed Brown’s impact right away during spring workouts.

“His speed obviously is a threat down the field, which is important as a receiver [to] stretch the field, but also he’s a really, really smart football player,” Lawrence said. “He’s picked up the system really quickly. … I don’t know if you guys watch plenty of practices, he’s gotten the ball a lot because it seems like he’s always in the right spot. He always has a feel for the zone, like where to sit, where [to exploit] those voids.”

That developing chemistry is key for an offense looking to find its identity. With Brown, Thomas Jr., and Hunter — all fast, versatile playmakers — the Jaguars believe they have one of the most dangerous receiver groups in the league.

A Chance to Do More

Brown is excited about what the offense can become — and what it means for his career.

“Nobody’s just running one route,” he said. “We know we all do the exact same thing and it’s kind of hard to guard three people that can necessarily do the same thing and then be explosive at the same time. I think even with the running backs that we have, they’re explosive as well. … I think this offense right here just sets us up for success.”

He also pointed to the team’s running backs as part of the overall offensive firepower.

“At the end of the day, we want to come in and find our identity of who we are and who we’re going to be,” Brown said. “And I think with the offense that we have and the players that we have, we can make a lot of things happen.