The 2025 season ended up being a surprisingly good one for the Jacksonville Jaguars, winning 13 games and the AFC South, and coming within a play of winning a Wild Card game. One of the reasons why Jacksonville had the success that it did is that veteran receiver Parker Washington had a breakout season.
In his third season with the team, Washington took a significant leap, catching 58 passes for 847 yards and five touchdowns. The wideout also had seven receptions for 107 yards and a touchdown in the Jaguars’ playoff game. Because of those numbers, Washington recently found himself on a list by Bleacher Report’s Brad Gagnon, naming the most underpaid player on each team.
Parker Washington named Jaguars’ most underpaid player
As Gagnon highlighted, Washington is entering the fourth year of his rookie contract, but a rookie deal for a sixth-rounder is just four years, $4 million. For Jacksonville, Washington will only have a $3.7 million cap hit — incredible value for the team’s leading receiver.
"Washington's cap hit will rise by nearly 300 percent in 2026, and yet he'll still count just $3.7 million against the cap in the final year of a four-year, $4.0 million rookie contract. Not bad considering that he put up 847 yards and five touchdowns in a breakout 2025 season. The 23-year-old is carrying a ton of momentum into 2026."Brad Gagnon (Bleacher Report)
While that’s a steal for the Jaguars, this emphasizes the importance of 2026 for Parker Washington. Unless Jacksonville extends him this offseason, 2026 will be a contract year for the veteran wideout. If he can follow last season up with an even better year, he will set himself up to make a lot of money. Washington will be a long way from underpaid then.
Jacksonville will certainly give Washington the opportunity to prove his worth next season. While the wide receiver room has quickly become a deep group for the Jaguars, the franchise will enter the offseason program prioritizing Washington as one of the team’s top weapons. If he can pick up where he left off, a nice contract should be in his future.