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  1. Jaxson De Ville

    Travis Etienne was “secretly rooting” for Jaguars to take him

    Getty Images Running back Travis Etienne and everyone else watching the first round of the draft on Thursday night knew the Jaguars were going to take his college teammate Trevor Lawrence with the first overall pick. Unlike most of the other people watching the draft, Etienne had a chance to...
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    Trent Baalke on Tim Tebow: We’ll worry about that after draft

    Getty Images Before Aaron Rodgers rumors started flying and first-round picks started coming off the board on Thursday, the NFL world was buzzing about a report that Tim Tebow worked out for the Jaguars. Word was that Tebow reached out to his college coach and current Jaguars head coach Urban...
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    Shad Khan: This time, I got it right

    USA TODAY Sports Shad Khan has overseen several regime changes since he bought the Jaguars back in 2012. He’s now put Urban Meyer in place as head coach, Trent Baalke as General Manager, and Trevor Lawrence as the team’s hopeful franchise quarterback. Why will this group be the one that makes...
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    Jaguars pair Travis Etienne with Trevor Lawrence at No. 25

    Getty Images After taking Trevor Lawrence first overall, the Jaguars took one of his college teammates with their second first-round pick. Clemson running back Travis Etienne went to the Jaguars with the 25th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft. Taking a running back in the first round has...
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    Report: Tim Tebow recently worked out for Jaguars as a tight end

    Getty Images Tim Tebow retired from baseball in February. With his former college coach, Urban Meyer, now in Jacksonville, the Heisman Trophy winner apparently is looking at unretiring from football. The Jaguars recently worked out Tebow and have had discussions with him about signing, Ian...
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    Jaguars make Trevor Lawrence the first pick in the draft

    Getty Images Since entering the league in 1995, the Jaguars had never before held the first pick in the draft. They officially no longer hold the first overall pick, given that they have used it to acquire — as universally expected — Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. There has never been...
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    Shad Khan on state of Jaguars: Hope, optimism, great to be alive

    Getty Images The Jaguars franchise has had more bad times than good times, but Jaguars owner Shad Khan says they’re on the verge of their very best time. Khan said that with the first overall pick in tomorrow’s NFL draft and four other picks among the Top 65, the Jaguars are about to load up...
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    Trevor Lawrence doesn’t care about what you think about what he says, unless he does

    Getty Images Trevor Lawrence is getting a crash course in media relations, thanks to his recent remarks to the media. Lawrence’s comments to Sports Illustrated created a stir, because he said that he isn’t motivated to prove people wrong, and that he doesn’t believe everyone is out to get him...
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    Shad Khan: Urban Meyer has made up for lack of NFL experience with intelligence, curiosity

    Getty Images Urban Meyer has been a head coach for much of the last two decades. But that experience has all come at the college level. Now that he’s in the NFL, Meyer has admitted to some learning curves — like the pace of free agency and how to focus on value in the draft. But Jaguars owner...
  10. Jaxson De Ville

    Unprecedented run of quarterbacks likely in Round 1

    Getty Images The NFL draft has never had four quarterbacks go off the board within the first eight picks, or five quarterbacks in the Top 10. Both of those could happen on Thursday night. It goes without saying that the first three picks will be quarterbacks, with the Jaguars set to take...
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    Jaguars draft picks 2021: Full list of Jacksonville’s draft picks, order for every round

    Getty Images The Jaguars, who have made the playoffs just once in the last 13 seasons, were the worst team in the NFL in 2020. They opened the season by shocking the Colts in Week 1, starting 1-0, but lost their next 15 games to finish with the worst record in the league. Their reward is...
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    Fifth-year option tracker for 2018 NFL first-round picks

    Getty Images NFL teams will be adding first-round picks to their roster this week and some of them will then turn their attention to first-round picks from 2018. Fifth-year contract options for players selected in the first round that year need to be exercised by May 3 and some teams have...
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    Former NFL linebacker Geno Hayes passes away at age 33

    Getty Images Former NFL linebacker Geno Hayes has passes away after a battle with liver disease at age 33, according to WCTV in Tallahassee, Fla. Hayes was moved into hospice care last week as part of an ongoing two-year fight against the disease. He had been hospitalized over 20 times in the...
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    Shad Khan: No. 1 pick will define Jaguars for rest of my life

    Getty Images Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer said last week that team owner Shad Khan would make the decision about what the team will do with the first overall pick in the draft ahead. That expectation that the Jaguars will select quarterback Trevor Lawrence has been in place for months and...
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    Will the Falcons find a taker for Julio Jones?

    Getty Images There are two potential explanations for the sudden rash of reports regarding a potential Julio Jones trade. One, Peter King had it initially and exclusively in Football Morning in America and others used it as a springboard for their own reporting (without crediting King). Two...
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    Some are betting on Justin Fields to go No. 1 overall, for some reason

    USA TODAY Sports The draft provides another universe of potential NFL-related bets. As to the top spot in the 2021 NFL draft, however, there seems to be no reason to bet on anyone other that Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Indeed, the odds for Lawrence being the first overall pick...
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    Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Penei Sewell among 45 players to participate virtually in draft

    Getty Images Many of the top prospects in the 2021 NFL draft won’t be in Cleveland. In addition to 13 players who have confirmed they will attend, another 45 players have decided to participate virtually. That includes Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who will be the Jaguars’ first...
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    Former NFL linebacker Geno Hayes enters hospice care with liver disease

    Getty Images Former Buccaneers, Bears, and Jaguars linebacker Geno Hayes has been moved to hospice care, two years after being diagnosed with liver disease. Jenna Laine of ESPN.com explains that Hayes had been placed on a waiting list for a liver transplant in December, after 20...
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    Urban Meyer learning to focus on value in draft

    Getty Images Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer is going through the draft process for the first time since making the move to the NFL and he’s learning some new things along the way. Meyer said at a Wednesday press conference that he finds himself “always looking at need” as a head coach, but his...
  20. Jaxson De Ville

    Urban Meyer on drafting Trevor Lawrence: The owner will make the decision

    USA TODAY Sports The Jaguars continue to close in on making quarterback Trevor Lawrence the first overall pick in the 2021 draft. At a pre-draft press conference on Wednesday, coach Urban Meyer was asked whether they’ll be announcing the pick before the draft, and whether it will be Lawrence...
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