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FINAL JAGUARS 7-ROUND MOCK DRAFT! · Duval Daily: A Jacksonville Jaguars Podcast

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jacksonville Jaguar's fans welcome in to my final seven round mock draft for your Jacksonville Jaguar is heading into this 2026 NFL draft recording this on April 22 The day before the draft is releasing the morning of the first round to 2026 NFL draft very excited to be getting this out for y'all Unfortunately was not able to do it live.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I did want to do it live.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I did want to kind of go through it and be able to
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  [SPEAKER_00]: record my thought process as I was going through the draft, but just wasn't able to do that with different time constraints and different things going on.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So we're going to just go ahead and dive into it really excited to get into it, excited for the draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I absolutely love the NFL draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I cannot wait to see what happens across the league, but especially with your Jacksonville Jaguar.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So the Jags first pick is at 56 for now, which is on day two.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not staying that way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My best guess, and this is a predictive mock draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My best guess is the Jaguar is trade with the Seattle Seahawks, which we've talked about a lot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Seahawks only have four picks in the 2026 NFL draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I have the Jaguar is trading up to 32 overall and taking a player that I think they will value immensely and a player who I honestly think is a little bit undervalued in the draft community as a whole.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that is Georgia defensive tackle Kristen Miller.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Jaguars trade picks 56, 88, 203 and a 2027 fourth round pick in order to get up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: all the way to 32 overall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It is quite a bit to give up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They're also getting a six round pick back in return in 2027, but the Jack Wars have the draft ammunition, including projected compensatory picks for the 2027 NFL draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Chris and Miller, there are so many reasons to love this guy's game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Elite Rundefender.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He has great strength.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He has good length.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He plays with leverage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: His pad level is excellent.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He deconstructs blocks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He destructs blocks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he's smart.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Like he sees the game well as an interior defense of Lyman.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Plays with full effort all the time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Great motor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think there's just more past rush within him than what people believe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know the sacks don't really show that, but his past rush win rate and true past sets.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The best among any player projected in the top 100 at defensive tackle in 2025.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And you see it with quickness off the line, he's able to stutter and go, he's able to hit you with a swim move, an arm over, he's able to bull rush you as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think Kristen Miller is a true 3 down defensive tackle that will provide tons of run defense and
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  [SPEAKER_00]: also help in the past-risk department and certainly help in the ass-kicking department and let's face it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Jack Wars have Devon Hamilton entering a contract year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They have Eric Armstead entering a contract year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They need to get younger on the interior of the defensive line based on what they currently have.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They did just trade for Rook Aurora row.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These are two completely different types of players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Rook more of that three-tech penetrating style guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Kristen Miller can hold the point, but he can also pin his ears back a
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and he's a 320-pounder, might play closer to 330.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the Jaguars would be lucky to land him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He trains with Trayvon Walker.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He, to me, again, just has a lot of trades we're looking for here for a potential star defensive tackle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that's exactly
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  [SPEAKER_00]: what he can be at the next level.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the jag war is we'll see that as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Didn't have any testing numbers, but the jag war is value on field tracking data.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think the on field tracking data will be favorable for Kristen Miller that go get their guy at 32 overall.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, stalwart against the run who is a much better past rusher than I think given credit for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll see you what the Jaguars end up doing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's obviously rumors about them potentially trading up for jadari and price in the second round.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It would be pretty wild to me to trade up for running back, given the current running back situation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They have in Jacksonville, but moving on to pick 81 here, the Jaguar second pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They did not give up pick 81 again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They gave up 56, 88, 203, and a 2027 fourth got back in return, 32, and a 2027 sixth round pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So at 81, they go back to the well at defensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe this is wish casting, maybe this is just me trying to will this into existence, but I strongly want the Jaguars to address the defensive front throughout this draft and they go key wrong Crawford, the Auburn Edge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I just think he's everything the Jaguars could be looking for in a third edge, a little bit smaller than the typical guys they have,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: B.J.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Green, Danny Sturgo, but weighs about 250 pounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I believe that's exactly what he came in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Another one that does not have testing data.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But again, I think that the on-field
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  [SPEAKER_00]: tracking will be favorable for Kiron Crawford incredibly quick off the ball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He has a lot of versatility.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He knows how to drop the Jaguars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Love that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Came in at 253 pounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So he's not like a small guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's 64253 pounds with 32 and a half inch arm.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So
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  [SPEAKER_00]: like he's not a tiny guy, but he is smaller a little bit of a change up.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he has more speed off the ball.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that he's known as how to set the edge.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's a disciplined player and he can just win with speed around the arc, which is something the Jaguars don't really have right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: in the past rush room, so going and getting him, I think, would just be a coup in landing two of these SEC defensive front guys would just be huge for the jag wars and their past rush.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I love the idea of having as many asckickers up front as you possibly can, I think Kristen Miller and Kiraon Crawford absolutely fall into that category.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The rumors are just too strong right now, and the rumors really sense the Jaguars added James Lazzone as GM and Liam Cohen as head coach.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They've just been strongly wanting to address the running back position.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Again, there's rumors about Jeterian Price.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They were reportedly going to draft Ashton, Genty.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They were reportedly going to draft RJ Harvey, if he was there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Emmett Johnson, they've been linked to him as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The running back out of Nebraska, we talked about him earlier today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I have them taking him at Pick 100.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The only real knock on his game is that he doesn't have great long speed, 4, 5, 6, 40.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You do see him getting caught from behind.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But everything else about his game, I think, is pretty strong.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's not a power back by any stretch of the imagination, but they certainly have that in Chris Rodriguez.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's somebody with great vision, patience,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And just a very elusive runner in the open field in a great pass catcher out of the back field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that, look, no jitterian price.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe the jackwares do trade it for jitterian price.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I just have a hard time stomaching, trading up, giving up extra draft capital for a running back.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If they do decide to do that, I will trust N. James Gladstone in his decision making.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As I think he's a heck of a smart guy and everything he's done so far
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think I would be more comfortable taking image on snap 100 than trading up for jadeurion price, but if jadeurion price, which I do think he projects as a starting running back, if that's what they think they need, then sure, go for it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Not what I would do at 124, the next pick for the Jaguars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We've got, he's listed as a tackle, but I think he can play.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: tackle, can play guard, can play center, trade zone, the Texas A&M offensive tackle was excellent for them at offensive tackle.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Projects inside at the next level a little bit, but the jacks, they love these offensive linemen with versatility,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: really, really good athlete, really good football player wins with technique, wins with athleticism.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's 6, 6, 312 pounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he falls right in line from a size standpoint with what the Jaguars generally look for on the offensive line, 10 inch hands, 32 and a half inch arms at the combine, 33 inch arms at the Pro Day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Combine measurements have been shortly, compared to, like if you go, look at senior ball measurements or pro-day measurements, pretty bizarre there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But a 17 flat 10 yard split is excellent for him, a five-flat 40 yard dash, again, excellent.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 32 inch vert, 9-3 broad, tested very well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Technical player with great athleticism with versatility to me, that kind of,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: that sounds like it's that you're speaking the jackores language there on the offensive line.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They love that versatility.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At 164 went with tight-end Eli Raredan out of Notre Dame.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: could be off the board at this point you never know but he was on the board for this mock draft here and I think he's a big time athlete I think he shows good focus and toughness catching the ball over the middle of the field when he knows he's going to get smacked which the Jaguar is really value he can block he can run he can compliment Britain's strange it's as simple as that I think the Jaguar is definitely going to be looking to add to that room they they like Quentin Morris they love Britain's strange
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Eli Rareden, somebody who can come in and elevate the ceiling of that room as well, obviously Hunter Long still in the building too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Round 5, 166 here, Caleb E-Larms, or I think he projects as a potential NFL starter, great athleticism, lead, not college football, but lead the big 12 in tackling.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If the Jaguars don't go linebacker early, I do think that they'll end up going linebacker at some point in the draft, you know, just with the fact that they have,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: replacing Devin Lloyd, Ventral Miller, who is in a contract year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe they'll bring him back up to the season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe they won't.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Caleb Elarm's or comes in to compete, comes in to potentially start down the road.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Round 7, 233, J-Mackel's start event.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The wide receiver out of Florida.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's just...
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's grown, you know, throughout his career was initially like way back when he was at UCLA as a young player, college player, there was thoughts of him potentially being a first-round pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He has first-round traits from a athletic standpoint and a size standpoint, but never really really came together on a high level, but he's six foot three, 207 pounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 44, flat 40R-39 inch vert.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that he's got to contribute on special teams and he did that in 2025.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he raises the ceiling of the back of your wide receiver room potentially if he can kind of put it together for you and prove that he can be a special teamer and someone who can do the little things well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he could be a steal for the jacks here and round seven.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then at 240, we go back to the well
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I really just want the Jags to be aggressive with the defensive front.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think that they might be, I don't know if they're going to end up getting four players like I have them doing here, but Jordan Vandenberg, the Georgia Tech, interior defensive lineman, best athlete from a RIS standpoint at the defensive tackle position in the draft.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's from South Africa, trying to be Dame Bruele pointed this out.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The first South African player ever drafted would be really cool.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We know James Gladstone.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He likes to break down walls.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He likes to push the envelope.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Jordan Vananberg had a really good season in 2025.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lots of pressure on the quarterback.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Several sacks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's a good run defender.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's 310 pounds.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm a fan of his game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think if they were able to land him in the 7th round, that'd be great.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And then the other Fano, Spencer Fano's brother, at 245 Logan Fano, the edge rusher, who I think just plays with great effort.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think he's a good athlete.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: for whatever reason he's been kind of overlooked by the draft community should probably go a good bit earlier.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And that's that's what you have here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No cornerback.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At all the different spots where cornerback could have been an option.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The right guys just weren't on the board for me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You could probably end up flipping one of these edge defenders at the end or defensive linemen at the end for a corner that could probably make sense.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I'm just so
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  [SPEAKER_00]: that the Jaguars have enough guys up front to compete at a high level, both on the offensive line and the defensive line, and I think that that will help carry them further than they were able to go in 2025.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me know what you think in the comment section below.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Y'all have a good one.