Jaguars seven-round mock 2021 NFL mock draft: Jacksonville builds sturdy foundation after Trevor Lawrence grab

The Jacksonville Jaguars are for your step of 1 in all the biggest moments in the franchise’s historical past. That is no longer hyperbole either as this No. 1 total grab and the participant broadly expected to listen to his name first at the 2021 NFL Draft is coming into the league with extra hype than the likes of John Elway, Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck. If he comes anywhere shut to displaying the expertise these three flashed at the next stage, the Jags may well presumably presumably simply composed be smartly on their potential to contending for championships in the years yet to shy away, which makes this such an spirited time for the club. 

Whereas many folk are keeping a shut perceive on the No. 1 total field, there may be moreover the comfort of the draft for the Jaguars to have out, too. Under, you may well presumably salvage one avenue the club may well presumably presumably plug down as we took a stab at how their entire draft may well presumably presumably unfold (h/t The Draft Network‘s mock draft machine). 

Not precisely a gruesome choice at No. 1 as Clemson phenom Trevor Lawrence has been the grab from the jump. Jags head coach City Meyer even acknowledged that right here is the “direction we’re headed” while speaking about Lawrence and that top preference in a dialog with NBC Sports’ Peter King at the moment. It be a slam-dunk grab for Jacksonville and fills its biggest need at the sport’s necessary field for what it hopes to be the next decade-plus. 

With its other first-rounder at No. 25, Jacksonville can have paired Lawrence with his ragged Clemson teammate in running back Travis Etienne, however opted to give the secondary an added boost by bringing in security Trevon Moehrig out of TCU. He is been a current prospect to shy away off the board on this field as of slack and is regarded as to be the tip security on this class. Moehrig offers the Jaguars of mission to herald a younger heart fielder to the secondary that moreover has the versatility to play as a box security as smartly. This field is a chunk crowded with Rayshawn Jenkins moreover coming into the fold this offseason, however that may well presumably presumably indicate to be a sturdy one-two punch for the next few years. 

In the period in-between, Alabama’s Christian Barmore offers the Jaguars a sturdy originate for Day Two of the draft and brings in a nice physique to a entrance seven that Meyer desires to bolster as he begins his tenure in Jacksonville. By together with Barmore, who may well presumably presumably simply salvage himself off the board in the necessary round into the mix, the Jaguars are getting an explosive younger participant that may well presumably presumably carry out a nice inner-out of doorways duo with defensive dwell Josh Allen. 

As for the 2nd grab in the 2nd round, Purdue receiver Rondale Moore set up aside together one in every of basically the most perceive-popping legitimate days of the pre-draft cycle and has himself taking medications draft boards. I don’t know if that hype will get him into the necessary round, however the Jags would perhaps be extra than pleased if he’s round after they’re on the clock right here at No. 45. Originate air of his lack of size — 5-foot-9, 180 pounds –, there’s loads to love about Moore’s game. He is explosive on all ranges of the field and may well presumably presumably very smartly be an early plug-to weapon for Lawrence alongside Laviska Shenault, DJ Chark and Marvin Jones. In the third, BYU variety out Brady Christensen offers the Jaguars somebody with the likely to guard Lawrence over the prolonged time frame. Whereas he’s been criticized for no longer being athletic enough for the next stage, the three-300 and sixty five days starter at left variety out dispelled that concept with a nice legitimate day. There, he recorded a 10’4 board jump, a 34″ vertical, and had 30 reps on the bench press. Per Pro Football Focal level, he allowed the lowest quarterback force share of any offensive variety out since 2014. 

It took us to the fourth round for Meyer to give attention to a Buckeye because the Jaguars tab Ohio Divulge’s Trey Sermon to be a part of the backfield. Undrafted back James Robinson became once one in every of the particular finds of the 2020 season, however the Jacksonville brass has been forthright in its want to add noteworthy extra expertise to that residence of the roster this offseason. With Sermon, the crew is getting a back who has averaged extra than 7 yards per contact over the past two seasons and has the physique of an NFL back. He became once a chunk inconsistent in college however dominated in opposition to Clemson in the playoffs closing 300 and sixty five days. If he can lift that postseason play into the pros, right here is quite the backfield the Jags are placing together. 

As we initiating to salvage extra down the rabbit hole of Day Three, the increasingly extra we’re throwing darts at the board and hoping something sticks. Vanderbilt plug rusher Dayo Odeyingbo is an titillating addition in the fourth round while Auburn’s Anthony Schwartz is a plug catcher that brings world-class bustle to the NFL.