Jaguars former starting center/current reserve offensive lineman Luke Bowanko underwent hip surgery May 23 in New York and faces several months of rehabilitation.

But don't rule him out for the season.

"No, I don't think so," Bowanko said. "Hopefully in 2-3 months, I'll be able to start working out again."

Bowanko will begin the season on the physically unable to perform list, keeping him out at least the first six games. When he's eligible, the Jaguars will have to decide whether to activate him or put him on injured reserve.

Bowanko started the final 14 games of 2014 after being drafted in the sixth round. But the Jaguars signed Stefen Wisniewski to play center last year and moved Brandon Linder from right guard to play center this year.

Bowanko, who was used all over the offensive line in practice last year, said his hip had been barking for a long time.

"It was over the course of a couple of years," he said. "Everybody has little things that bother them, it's just a matter of tolerance and being able to play with it. When we started doing football stuff [this spring], it was worse than it was in the past, so I had to make something happen. But it's all good now."

Asked what was repaired, Bowanko said: "They did a lot of stuff in there. I'm not even sure. It's all doctor-speak. But the doctor said when I come back, I'll feel better than I have in a couple of years."

Bowanko said he wasn't thinking about his future with the Jaguars just yet.

"I'm just excited to be healthy and feel good again and be able to play," he said. "That's all I'm worried about."

CLUB-SEAT PROJECT ON SCHEDULE

Per Jaguars president Mark Lamping, the team's club-seat project, which included removing 2,700 seats, is on schedule to be complete in time for the preseason home opener against Tampa Bay Aug. 20. Lamping said the team is "absolutely," excited to see how the renovation is received.

"I don't know a lot of stadiums that would have been in position to take out some of your best seats," Lamping said. "But the fact was, we had about 3,000 more club seats than we needed, and it's been that way for the last 10 years.

"The club area was due for an upgrade, and what we've noticed about our fans - and I'm not sure if it's different than other NFL markets, but it's not the same as other places I've been - is our fans like to sit in their seats and cheer. But they also like the option to get up and move around a bit.

"Now we're going to have two terraces that are open to our club-seat holders, and hopefully we'll be able to keep them closer to their seats as opposed to what happened in the past when our club-seat holders would go into the club when they got hot and it was hard to get them out of the club. Opening it up will hopefully add something to the experience, and it will make the stadium look better."

LAMPING ON FULHAM

Jaguars owner Shad Khan's English football team, Fulham, remains mired in the second division. During the off-season, an NFL insider said Lamping should get more involved with the soccer team.

So I asked Lamping if he is getting or should get more involved with Fulham's business.

"I can tell you this: We've evolved into a structure now in the course of the past couple months that is mimicking what we do here," he said. "We are much more involved with our business team on the financial side, on the ticket sales side, on the sponsorship side. There is a core group of us and one of us is over there every week. I'm over there the last weekend of every month. That's a change in terms of the business side. The [soccer] side continues to operate independently and reports up through Shad, much like our structure here."

Fulham finished 20th in its 24-team league, winning only 12 of 46 matches.

THIS AND THAT

� General manager Dave Caldwell liked what he saw but with a caveat (the players weren't in pads). "I was encouraged by everybody's effort and the professional approach of the guys," he said. "Guys came in and really focused on the details and getting a lot better."

� For the Numbers Police: Cornerback Jalen Ramsey isn't a fan of No. 38 and wants No. 23. … Safety James Sample is No. 23 but hasn't given it up or sold it yet. … Safety Craig Loston (No. 20) was cut Thursday. … Cornerback Prince Amukamara (No. 21) could take No. 20, his number with the New York Giants. … That would allow Ramsey to take No. 21. … Oy, my head hurts.

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