If there is any doubt about the Jaguars’ plans with the overall number 1, it was apparently extinguished on Sunday, 11 days before the start of the NFL draft in 2021. Former Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, the consensus no. 1, thanked Jaguars fans for their early support via social media, and also said he and his wife would donate $ 20,000 to charities in Jacksonville.
In the message, Lawrence also pointed out that he would start his NFL career with the Jaguars, which Urban Meyer will have as their first-year head coach. Meyer himself admitted that the Jaguars were heading in the direction of Lawrence’s selection late last month.
“Thank you Jaguars fans,” Lawrence wrote via Twitter. “We appreciate the wedding gifts and donations to charities of our choice! In addition to the donations, Marissa and I will also be donating $ 20,000 to charities in Jacksonville. Thank you again, we hope to be a part of your community soon.”
The 6-6, £ 220 pound, is the player who has the highest rank in the NFL Series on CBS Sports Prospects rankings. Lawrence, a 2018 national champion, scored 108 total touchdowns in three years with the Tigers. Along with compiling beautiful stats, Lawrence won more than 94% of his start at Clemson, a statistic that Meyer, a three-time national champion coach at university, clearly appreciates.
“Trevor marks all the subjects, you know?” Meyer said about Lawrence. “The most important characteristic of every great player, not just quarterback, is competitive. He’s 34-2. He won a national title as a true freshman – is a winner. I saw him up close and competed personally. And then character.I see him and I witness with my players, when a lot of guys are ranked high, a lot of people get … They have influences in their lives.
“Like whether it’s social media, or it’s other things that really have nothing to do with winning. What I’m really happy about and I do not want to say surprised, but he, his agent, his family, they are He focuses on one “He wants to be the best version of himself for the National Football League, which is a bit refreshing.”
Lawrence is at the top of a talented quarterback class that also includes BYU’s Zach Wilson, Trevor Lawrence, Ohio State, Trey Lance, North Dakota, and Mac Jones, Alabama. Wilson is expected to be picked up by the Jets with the overall number 2. The 49ers are expected to pick Fields of Jones with the third overall pick. Lance can go to the highest bidder when he’s on the board when the Falcons are on the clock with the overall number 4. Among the teams trying to trade the number 4 pick are, among others, the Panthers and Broncos, who are currently respectively the no. 8 and 9.
While Wilson, Fields, Jones and Lance may end up in different places, it seems anything but certain that Lawrence will wear a Jaguars cap on April 29th. Lawrence is likely to score a big Jaguars draft class, as Jacksonville currently owns 10. choose the upcoming concept. And although Meyer is not a former Buckeye (Fields) with the no. 1-choice will not take, Tyler Sullivan, the CBS Sports, recently tackled Meyer and took former running back Trey Sermon with the 106th overall pick. Lawrence saw Sermon rumble 254 versatile yards in the Buckeyes victory over Clemson in this year’s Sugar Bowl.
“James Robinson, an unintentional back, was one of the best finds in the 2020 season, but the Jacksonville buyer was fully in his desire to add even more talent to the grid area this season,” Sullivan wrote . “With Sermon, the team gets a back that has averaged more than 7 yards per touch over the past two seasons and has the framework of an NFL back. He was a little contradictory at university, but last year in the playoffs against “Clemson dominates. If he can carry the post-season game in the pros, it’s quite the backfield that puts the Jags together.”