Etienne, who took over as the Jaguars’ starting running back in Week 6, quickly emerged as a reliable and potent part of the Jaguars’ offense. He rushed for 1,125 yards and five touchdowns on 220 carries – a 5.2-yard-per-carry average – and also caught 35 passes for 316 yards.
“I really had a bigger year planned for myself,” Etienne said. “That’s just kind of the belief I have in myself, and in the system that Doug has around here. I feel like there are times I wasn’t playing my best ball, but I feel like at the end of the season when the team need me most, I started playing my best ball and that’s what matters.
“And I feel I’m going to take the momentum next year and move forward with it.”
Turnovers were an issue at times for Etienne in 2022, and it was an area he worked to improve. While he fumbled five times in 2022, he did not have a fumble in the last three regular-season games or the postseason.
“I just had to tighten up, just had to just get my mindset right, just put two hands on the ball,” he said. “They do a great job at punching at the ball at all times [in the NFL]. You see that like a lot. I feel as if early in the season I wasn’t kind of putting two hands on the ball. I was kind of just being loose, always trying to fight for the extra yard. As the season got ongoing and I just kind of realized, ‘Man, just put two hands on the ball, you’re still going to fall four, three or four yards, but you’re still going to have the ball and the ball’s the most important thing.’
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