Jakobi Meyers has a new home, with the Las Vegas Raiders sending the veteran receiver to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday ahead of the NFL trade deadline, the teams announced.
The Jaguars sent fourth- and sixth-round selections in the 2026 NFL draft to the Raiders in exchange for Meyers.
Sources told ESPN that multiple teams, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, had shown interest in Meyers, who is scheduled to become a free agent after his contract expires this season.
Meyers had said multiple times this season that he wanted to be traded, including last week when he told reporters that he wants "to be in a good spot."
He now lands on a Jacksonville team with a banged-up receiver room primed to become the Jaguars' No. 1 wideout.
Rookie Travis Hunter had moved into that role in Week 7 but suffered a noncontact knee injury in practice Thursday and was placed on injured reserve. The team has said it isn't sure yet if Hunter will be able to return this season. Brian Thomas Jr., who has struggled with drops this season after finishing third in the NFL in receiving yards as a rookie in 2024, had been dealing with a shoulder injury, then hurt his ankle in Sunday's overtime win against the Raiders. Dyami Brown, who joined the team as a free agent in March, also has a shoulder injury and was evaluated for a concussion Sunday.
The Jaguars lead the NFL in drops (19), including five by Thomas, according to ESPN Research. Meyers, who turns 29 on Nov. 9, has 11 drops in his seven-year career and never has had more than two in a season.
Meyers is in the final year of a three-year, $33 million deal that he signed in 2023, after four seasons with the New England Patriots. He has a cap hit of $14.98 million in 2025, but his contract doesn't have any guaranteed money remaining.
Meyers was open to getting a new deal done in the offseason, but with the sides unable to come to terms, he requested a trade in August. The Raiders denied his request.
Since Meyers entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2019, he has played with nine starting quarterbacks, including five in two seasons in Las Vegas. Still, he has been able to be a productive wideout. In 97 career games (76 starts), Meyers has totaled 422 catches for 4,921 yards and 20 touchdowns. The 28-year-old has recorded at least 800 yards in four consecutive seasons.
With Geno Smith at quarterback in Las Vegas this season, it was expected that Meyers would build on his career year in 2024, when he caught 87 passes for a career-best 1,027 yards and four touchdowns. But he has just 33 catches for 352 yards in seven games this year and has yet to find the end zone.
Against the Jaguars on Sunday, he caught four passes for 23 yards.
This is the 10th trade the Jaguars have made since James Gladstone was hired as the team's general manager Feb. 21.
The Raiders, meanwhile, are now projected to have 10 draft picks in 2026, including potential compensatory selections for Tre'von Moehrig (fourth round) and Robert Spillane (fifth).
ESPN's Ryan McFadden contributed to this report.