List of Jacksonville Jaguars first-round draft picks

Blake Bortles, the 2014 pick

The Jacksonville Jaguars joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1995 as an expansion team, along with the Carolina Panthers. Their first selection in the NFL draft as a team was Tony Boselli, an offensive tackle from the University of Southern California (USC). The team's most recent first round selection was Taven Bryan, a defensive tackle from University of Florida.

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

The Jaguars have never selected the number one overall pick in the draft, but they have selected the second overall pick three times. The team has selected five players in the first round from the University of Florida, two each from the University of Southern California and the University of Tennessee.

Key

Table key
† Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
Year Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Pick Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
College The player's college football team

Player selections

Jacksonville Jaguars first-round draft picks
Year Pick Player name Position College Notes
1995 2 Tony Boselli † Offensive tackle USC
1995 19 James Stewart Running back Tennessee [1]
1996 2 Kevin Hardy † Linebacker Illinois
1997 21 Renaldo Wynn Defensive tackle Notre Dame
1998 9 Fred Taylor † Running back Florida [2]
1998 25 Donovin Darius Safety Syracuse
1999 26 Fernando Bryant Defensive back Alabama
2000 29 R. Jay Soward Wide receiver USC
2001 13 Marcus Stroud † Defensive tackle Georgia
2002 9 John Henderson † Defensive tackle Tennessee
2003 7 Byron Leftwich Quarterback Marshall
2004 9 Reggie Williams Wide receiver Washington
2005 21 Matt Jones Wide receiver Arkansas
2006 28 Marcedes Lewis † Tight end UCLA
2007 21 Reggie Nelson † Defensive back Florida [3]
2008 8 Derrick Harvey Defensive end Florida [4]
2009 8 Eugene Monroe Offensive tackle Virginia
2010 10 Tyson Alualu Defensive tackle California
2011 10 Blaine Gabbert Quarterback Missouri
2012 5 Justin Blackmon Wide receiver Oklahoma State
2013 2 Luke Joeckel Offensive tackle Texas A&M [5]
2014 3 Blake Bortles Quarterback UCF
2015 3 Dante Fowler Jr. Defensive end Florida
2016 5 Jalen Ramsey † Cornerback Florida State
2017 4 Leonard Fournette Running Back LSU
2018 29 Taven Bryan Defensive tackle Florida

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pulliam, Kent (1995-04-23). "No. 1: 322 pounds of potential, Chiefs trade down, then nab Michigan offensive lineman". The Kansas City Star. The McClatchy Company. p. C1. The Jaguars traded their 31st overall pick and a third and fourth round selection to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for the Chiefs' 19th overall pick.
  2. ↑ The Jaguars traded quarterback Rob Johnson to the Buffalo Bills in exchange for the Bills' ninth overall pick.
  3. ↑ Andrew Mason (2006-04-28). "Broncos Keep the Focus Up Front With Three Linemen on Day 1". Denver Broncos. Archived from the original on 2005-02-11. Retrieved 2007-10-15. Jacksonville traded their 17th overall pick to the Denver Broncos in exchange for the Broncos' 21st overall, third-round, and sixth-round picks.
  4. ↑ The Jaguars received the eighth overall pick from the Baltimore Ravens.
  5. ↑ Wesseling, Chris (2013-04-25). "Luke Joeckel to Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013 NFL Draft". National Football League. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

References

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  • "NFL Draft History: First Round by Team: Jacksonville Jaguars". National Football League official Web site. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  • "Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
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