Since the Jaguars rounded out the overall No. 1 in draft this year, it has been a foregone conclusion that the club will use the choice on Clemson quarterbacks. Trevor Lawrence, a potential generational talent. If you want even more evidence that Jacksonville Lawrence will make the first player to be named when the draft begins on April 29, then this is clear.
Lawrence underwent surgery on his left (non-throwing) shoulder yesterday, but to show his abilities before going under the knife, he held an early pro day last Friday. And as the Florida Times-Union John Reid writes, new Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer was instrumental in bringing about that pro-day.
When he heard a little over a week ago that Lawrence needed surgery, Meyer said he had a number of calls with his future quarterback. ‘We made a Zoom call with him and I asked him. There are three choices you have. Nr. 1, you can wait until March 11 Pro Day – but now you come close to August [for a recovery time], ” Meyer said. “It’s getting late because it’s a five-month recovery. This is an injury of six months. The second thing, you can not throw. ”
Although Lawrence does not really have anything to prove, he does not like the second option. He wanted a showcase, but agreed with Meyer that the wait until the pro-day of March 11 – which would mean he would stop his surgery until after March 11 – would push his recovery too far into the summer. . When Meyer then told, ‘I said why do not you just grab the ball and go throw a little? I would like to send our coordinator and coordinator for passing games to check. They had never seen him before. I saw him, and he said, ‘Let’s go.’ ‘
Lawrence was predictably brilliant on his pro day, so even if the Jags had questions about his abilities, it probably is not now. Together with Meyer, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and pass game coordinator Brian Schottenheimer attended. Jacksonville is likely to be another year or two away from the playoffs, but the expectation is that Lawrence’s rebuilding will accelerate a bit if Lawrence is below center.
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