Tim Tebow gets showered with cheers from Jaguars fans during first open training camp practice from ymakerpi8d's blog

It didn't take long for fans to show their appreciation for the team's new tight end. During the Jaguars' first public training camp practice Thursday, Jacksonville fans showered with cheers as the 33-year-old continues his quest to make the Jaguars' 53-man roster.Tebow, whose No. 85 jersey became within 24 hours Demarcus Robinson Jersey of signing with the Jaguars back in May, is hoping to make an NFL regular season roster for the first time since 2012, when he was active for 12 games as a member of the . A former quarterback, Tebow Xavier Williams Jersey went 9-7 (including the postseason) as the ' starting quarterback during the 2010 and '11 seasons. Delayed reaction from the crowd but Tebow, J-Rob, ETN have arrived | Mia O'Brien (@MiaOBrienTV) Tebow is one of six tight ends that will try to make the Jaguars' 53-man roster. And while from both and on Thursday, CBS Sports NFL senior writer Pete Prisco offered a grim a se sment of Tebow after observing a Jaguars minicamp practice last month."He's the smallest tight end on the field, by far," Prisco said of Tebow on CBS Sports HQ. "He looks like one of the kids who didn't grow in his seventh grade year and everybody else grew. That's what he looks like on the field. "He did catch a pa s, but he's got a lot of work to do. He' Tanoh Kpassagnon Jersey s a project. He's a kid that's trying to transition to a new position. That's hard to do. It's even tougher when you're 33 years old. I don't expect him to make the team. I'd be shocked if he made the team. And some people will say, 'Well, use him as a gimmick. Maybe use him as a backup quarterback.' Well, he's not a good pa ser, and if Khalen Saunders Jersey you're taking Trevor Lawrence off the field, that's a mistake. So I think he has to make the team as a tight end. I don't think he will make the team."The 6-foot-2 Tebow's competition at tight end includes rookie,,,and. And while his size, age and lack of experience at the position are obstacles that he Daniel Sorensen Jersey will have to overcome, Tebow clearly has a believer in his former head coach, Urban Meyer. "Oh, Tim has done a decent job. We all know this is a new position for him," Meyer said of Tebow during OTAs,of the. "He's a great teammate. In the locker room, I can see everybody getting along, we have good chemistry on our team. But he's picked it up decently."