What ex-Jaguars WR Dyami Brown said about experience in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE — Dyami Brown’s lone season in teal did not light up the stat sheet, but the veteran wideout insists the year left him brighter than he arrived. Speaking after agreeing to a one-year, $3 million return to Washington, Brown called his 2025 stint with the Jaguars “a great experience” that reshaped how he sees the game.

Jacksonville signed Brown last offseason to a one-year, $10 million deal, hoping the postseason flashes he showed with the Commanders—14 grabs, 229 yards and a touchdown in three playoff outings—would translate into full-season production within head coach Liam Coen’s attack. Early on Brown started opposite rising second-year receiver Brian Thomas Jr., but a lingering shoulder injury and a crowded depth chart that included rookie phenom Travis Hunter soon trimmed his opportunities. By December he was a healthy scratch for multiple games and finished with only 20 receptions for 227 yards and one touchdown, adding six carries for 30 yards on jet-sweep looks designed to capitalize on his vertical speed.

Numbers aside, Brown said the adversity proved instructive.

“Went out there, I learned a lot,” Brown told the Commanders’ website. “Got to learn from some people, and I think Jacksonville was a place where I had to see myself grow in a different way.”

He credits teammates for widening his lens. Studying alongside veterans such as Jakobi Meyers and the explosive Thomas Jr., while picking the brain of quarterback Trevor Lawrence—who posted career highs of 4,007 yards and 29 touchdowns—helped Brown refine route nuance and in-game adjustments.

“I kind of understand the game a little bit more than what I have in the past,” he said. “I took the steps to learn from other people … they kind of took the game into another level and a different viewpoint for me.”

Brown’s 2025 tape may not scream breakout, yet the 26-year-old departs Jacksonville confident the mental and physical hurdles he cleared will pay dividends in his second Commanders tenure.