'He's someone that will bring the juice.' A self-described 'bundle of energy,' Andrew Wingard has stepped up in big ways in the Jaguars' last two wins.
also didn't hear Wingard that day. But he thinks he knows what happened when the team bus arrived back at TIAA Bank Field.
And Wingard also has been a bit of a whipping boy over the years by fans on social media, and on occasion, the media in general, who seem to take great delight in pointing out every missed tackle or blown coverage. Wingard started the last two games, against the Ravens based on the defensive scheme the Jaguars employed that game, and last week against Detroit after Cisco was a late scratch. Wingard matched his career-high of nine tackles and seven solos.
Four weeks ago, Wingard had to come in for an injured Jenkins with more than 10 minutes left against Las Vegas. On his first play Wingard blitzed and forced Derek Carr into throwing an incompletion on third down. Wingard was born in Arvada, Colo., the son of Dan and Missy Wingard. His father was a punter at Nebraska and is now an airline pilot -- and gave his son the nickname that lasts to this day,"Dewey."
But the first of a series of perceived slights came late in his freshman football season when several players were called up to the varsity -- but not Wingard.Not only he did prove them wrong but he became a three-year starter at running back and posted two 1,000-yard seasons. Wingard scrapped, hustled and clawed his way onto the roster. He made two special-teams tackles in the opening game of the season and since then it's been a constant quest: get on the field, any way possible, at any position.
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