How did the Jaguars do in the draft? 🐆 News4JAX Sports Anchor Cole Pepper breaks down the team's picks and gives out his draft grades.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 28: Devin Lloyd celebrates with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell onstage after being selected 27th by the Jacksonville Jaguars during round one of the 2022 NFL Draft on April 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Let’s get my draft grade out here first and then talk about why. I’m giving the Jaguars a B. It was darn-near professional. That’s a step forward after what we’ve seen in the recent past.
Coming into the draft, the Jaguars needed to address some specific positional needs, in particular at pass rush, linebacker, interior offensive line, and a number one wide receiver. The Jaguars certainly addressed linebacker. First, they traded picks in the second, fourth and sixth rounds, to move up to No. 27 to select Utah’s Devin Lloyd, an explosive playmaker who can play multiple styles at linebacker. He was second in the country in tackles for loss, returned two of his four interceptions for touchdowns last season, and developed a reputation as a physical run-stopper. When he started falling, the Jaguars were aggressive in moving up to get him.
The Jaguars went to a small school for their sixth-round pick, selecting Ouachita Baptist cornerback Gregory Junior. He could help on special teams as a rookie. The Jaguars’ final pick came in the seventh round, Montaric Brown, a cornerback out of Arkansas. I don’t have very high expectations for most seventh-round picks, so we’ll see how he does. He was projected by some to be a preferred free agent, but the Jaguars nabbed him in the seventh round.In all, the Jaguars drafted seven players.
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