The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference South Division. The team plays its home games at EverBank Stadium in Central Jacksonville. The Jaguars joined the NFL in 1995 as an expansion team, along with the Carolina Panthers. [2] [3] [4]
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", [5] [6] [7] is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. [8] The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them. [9]
The Jaguars' first selection in the NFL draft as a team was USC offensive tackle Tony Boselli. [2] Boselli is the Jaguars' only draft pick to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [10] In the most recent draft, held in 2023, the Jaguars chose Oklahoma offensive tackle Anton Harrison. [11] The Jaguars have held the first overall pick in the draft twice and have held the second overall pick three times. The team has selected six players—Fred Taylor (1998), Reggie Nelson (2007), Derrick Harvey (2008), Dante Fowler (2015), Taven Bryan (2018), and C. J. Henderson (2020)—in the first round from the University of Florida. [12]
† | Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
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* | Selected number one overall |
Position abbreviations | |
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CB | Cornerback |
DB | Defensive back |
DE | Defensive end |
DT | Defensive tackle |
LB | Linebacker |
QB | Quarterback |
RB | Running back |
T | Tackle |
TE | Tight end |
WR | Wide receiver |
The 2002 NFL draft was the 67th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible professional football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft took place April 20–21, 2002 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The draft was broadcast on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2. The draft began with the Houston Texans selecting David Carr, and it ended with the Texans selecting Mr. Irrelevant, Ahmad Miller. There were thirty-two compensatory selections distributed among eighteen teams, with the Buffalo Bills receiving the most selections with four. The University of Miami was the college most represented in the draft, having five of its players selected in the first round. Although the Carolina Panthers finished with a 1–15 record which would normally have given them the first pick in each round, the Houston Texans were given the first pick because they were an expansion team. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.
The 2003 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League (NFL) teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft was held April 26–27, 2003 at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.
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The 2022 season was the Jacksonville Jaguars' 28th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their first under head coach Doug Pederson.