Foyesade Oluokun holds the MLB · Starter spot in Jacksonville Jaguars’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Foyesade Oluokun played 18 games in 2025 with a 95% snap share.

Foye Oluokun is a 6'2", 215-pound linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars in his eighth NFL season. The Yale product was drafted by Atlanta in the sixth round (200th overall) in 2018 and signed with Jacksonville as an unrestricted free agent on March 16, 2022. He holds 1,061 career tackles, third-most in the NFL since entering the league. In 2025, Oluokun recorded 143 tackles, 11 passes defensed, one sack, and one interception across 17 games while earning team captain honors and AFC Defensive Player of the Week in Week 1. His 11 passes defensed marked the most by a Jaguars linebacker in a single season.

Yalethrough 2017

Falcons2018 – 2021

Jaguars2022 — present

CollegeYaleDraftRound 6 · No. 200 overall · 2018 · ATLAcquiredAcquired from Atlanta Falcons · drafted thereHometownSt. Louis, MO