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Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (JAX)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (JAX)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (JAX)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (JAX)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (JAX)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (JAX)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (JAX)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (JAX)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (JAX)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (JAX)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Draft Grade — Jaguars
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in pick 180 lands the Jaguars a B, Mondon Jr. and all.

You build a draft on nights like this. Smael Mondon Jr. had no business being available in the Round 6 slot, and the Jaguars did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Nash reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

On the needs board they went 8 of 9, with wide receiver the one that mattered most. The back end got a real overhaul.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick5 Rnd1 Will Johnson
In the 5th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick36 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Booker at slot 36, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick70 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in the Round 3 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick88 Rnd3 Xavier Watts
Xavier Watts in Round 3, Pick 24 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick105 Rnd4 Kaleb Johnson
They robbed the room for Kaleb Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick124 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
Gunnar Helm in No. 124 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick141 Rnd5 Howard Cross III
Howard Cross III at the 141st pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick180 Rnd6 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to pick 180, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick192 Rnd6 Tahj Brooks
Tahj Brooks in the Round 6 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick221 Rnd7 Nick Nash
They talked themselves into Nick Nash at the 221st pick, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.