As we near the end of preseason, we are getting closer to the end of the Jaguars roster.

In case you missed the previous Follow Fridays, make sure to check them out in order to keep up with your favorite players.

This week’s edition features quite a few familiar faces, but there are a few newbies in the mix.

Come back next week for the final list of Jags players you need to be following.

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88           Zach Potter – TE                              @ZachPotter88

This TE spend most of his time on tweeting about the Jags or sharing twit pics with his followers.

65           Will Rackley – G/C            @WillRackley

He loves sharing his life as a Jaguar with his followers; as well as treat them with occasional retweets.

81           Laurent Robinson – WR  @LaurentRobinson

With over 89K followers, there’s a good change this WR has something to tweet you want to read about.

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As the team prepares for their first road game of the season versus the New Orleans Saints, there’s only one headline news story coming out of Jacksonville…

Maurice Jones-Drew is continuing his holdout for a new contract.

Jones-Drew wants more money. The franchise has repeatedly said they won’t be renegotiating. With neither party budging, only time will tell how long this holdout will last.

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SB Nation: Jaguars Depth Chart – Maurice Jones-Drew Won’t Start Immediately When He Shows Up

Florida Times-Union: Jaguars plan without Maurice Jones-Drew

NBC Sports: Maurice Jones-Drew not expected in Jacksonville any time soon

Big Cat Country: MJD Holdout – Jennings Will Be First To Welcome Him Back

CBS Sports: What history says about RB holdouts

Alright… So there has to be something else going on in Jacksonville right? Well here are a few stories not pertaining to the MJD holdout.

USA Today: Mularkey offers donations if Jaguars don’t celebrate TDs

Jaguars Journal: Absurd national media spins Mularkey’s program into a negative

Video: Sanya Richards-Ross

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Only one more day until the Jaguars 2012 season will FINALLY begin! 

The Jaguars kick off their preseason schedule by hosting the New York Giants. As the beginning of the 2012 season approaches, there is of course tons of news coming out of Jacksonville.

From Maurice Jones-Drew’s holdout to the London Olympics, Jacksonville has seen it’s fair share of headlines this week. Let’s take a look at what news is circulating Duval this week.

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Big Cat Country: Giants Vs. Jaguars Injury Report: New York To Sit 11 Players

Bleacher Report: Giants vs. Jaguars

Yahoo! Sports: Jaguars’ Ross set to cap wild week vs. former team

NFL.com: Sanya Richards-Ross, wife of Jaguar, fails to medal in 200 meters

Bettor.com: WR JUSTIN BLACKMON JOINS CAMP, OUT OF PRESEASON OPENER

Washington Post: Blackmon practices after signing 4-year, $18.5 million deal with Jaguars

Bleacher Report: Which Rookies Will Make Immediate Impacts

Gather.com: Should the Jacksonville Jaguars Take Miles Austin from Dallas Cowboys?

ESPN AFC South: Camp Confidential – Jacksonville Jaguars

Bleacher Report: Finding the Unknown Talent on Roster

CBS Sports: Jaguars TE Marcedes Lewis on MJD: ‘We need Maurice’

Forbes: Why The Jaguars Would Be Foolish To Give In To Maurice Jones-Drew’s Demands

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Sanya Richards-Ross.

Jaguars CB Aaron Ross with his wife Sanya Richards-Ross, who won Gold in the 400m at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Before this weekend you may have never heard of her. Now you’d have to live under a rock to not know her… or maybe you just aren’t watching the Olympics.

On Sunday, Richards-Ross won the gold medal in the 400 meters at the 2012 London Olympic games. You maybe wondering why this is relevant? Well she’s the wife of the Jaguars CB Aaron Ross.

Ross has been granted permission to miss practice in order to support his wife in her trip to London. After Sunday, it was clear not only to the franchise, but the rest of the world that her hard work & dedication has paid off.

If you aren’t familiar with Richards-Ross from her previous accomplishments here a quick run down.

Richards-Ross left Jamaica for the United States at the age of 12; she became a US citizen in 2002.

She made her Olympic debut at the 2004 Athens Olympics as part of the US team that won gold in the 4×400 meter relay. She was not a lucky in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, even though she was favored to win Gold in the 400m, she brought home the bronze.

Richards-Ross didn’t give up after Athens, she trained hard to prepare for London. She went on to set four world-leading times in both the 200 and 400 meters in her first three competitions of the 2012 season. At the 2012 London Olympics on August 5th, 2012, Richards-Ross finished the women’s 400m in 49.55 to win the gold medal for the US.

Sanya Richards began dating Aaron Ross in 2003. Ross proposed to Richards in 2007. By 2010 the two were married in an extravagant wedding that was featured on Platinum Weddings.

The Jaguars showed their support for Richards-Ross by displaying her victory on the video boards at the end of training camp, that was open to the public, on Sunday. The crowd shared their joy for their [hometown] Olympian.

With an announcement by Mularkey early in the week that all players attendance is mandatory; Mini-camps are in full swing in Duval.

Well almost everyone took that announcement seriously…

It is no surprise (or at least it shouldn’t be) that the Jaguars star running back, Maurice Jones-Drew has been absent all week.

MJD has made it clear he wants a new contract, the franchise has made it clear that he will not get one.

While the news of MJD’s absences seems to be the highlight of camp, there is still other news of what is actually happening in Duval.

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