After 19 years, Jacksonville Jaguars mascot Jaxson De Ville is retiring. It’s heartbreaking, but probably for the best. Jaxson was the star of the franchise for a long time, but he was also unhinged and deeply self-destructive, and with each passing season, the chances increased of one of his dangerous, stripped-to-the-fur stunts leading to his death or arrest in the name of Duval. Let us recount the life and times of a mascot legend:
The life and times of Jaxson De Ville, the Jaguars’ lewd, madcap mascot
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jaxson pissed off opponents (including Steelers owner Dan Rooney) so much that the NFL instituted new mascot rules:
Jaxson tried to zipline and got stuck:
Jaxson bungee jumped:
Jaxson created the most patriotic image in American history:
— Wiggle Man (@Wiggle_Man) June 23, 2015 Jaxson caught fire:
— OLIVER STACKS (@edsbs) June 23, 2015 Jaxson wheelied at some porta-potties:
— Wiggle Man (@Wiggle_Man) June 23, 2015 Jaxson beat the crap out of “Tim Tebow” at Wembley Stadium:
Jaxson baited human adult Mike Florio into Twitter-battling a pretend cat:
"@ProFootballTalk: Jaguars announce stadium enhancements, http://t.co/gfWLFHPLHH" YOU'RE AN IDIOT FLORIO! The field is 360 feet long #moron
— Jaxson DeVille (@JaxsonDeVille) June 19, 2013 "@ProFootballTalk: And now we've got @JaxsonDeVille riled up." figured you had To know something about football to work at PFT #guessnot
— Jaxson DeVille (@JaxsonDeVille) June 20, 2013 Props to @ProFootballTalk for Capitalizing on people's lack of desire to Google search the web themselves for articles about their team.
— Jaxson DeVille (@JaxsonDeVille) June 20, 2013 "@ProFootballTalk:Yes, it's very hard making ends meet owning a website that does 50-100M page views a month." Pretentious much?
— Jaxson DeVille (@JaxsonDeVille) June 20, 2013 "@ProFootballTalk: @JaxsonDeVille Kitty has claws." And other stuff! Difference between us: I can do your job No chance u can do mine
— Jaxson DeVille (@JaxsonDeVille) June 20, 2013 
Jaxson stripped down and danced at a hot tub party:
— Wiggle Man (@Wiggle_Man) June 23, 2015 Jaxson had to apologize for a bad ebola joke:
Jaxson lost a bet and wore a bikini:
Ok @5280Miles congrats! Here's half ur winnings. I'll be presenting my check for #BCAM at this weeks game! #Jaguars pic.twitter.com/ACIUCS7OFJ
— Jaxson DeVille (@JaxsonDeVille) October 15, 2013 
Jaxson was legit great at golf:
.@JaxsonDeVille takes aim at @TPCSawgrass' No. 17. pic.twitter.com/WntwslMr4X
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) April 15, 2015 Jaxson raced go-karts with Travis Pastrana:
We’ll miss you, Jaxson. Take care of yourself.
