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Playmaking and picks: Jags get WR Brian Thomas, add picks in trade down

By Hays Carlyon The Jaguars boosted their play-making ability on offense and boosted their 2025 draft haul. That's a good night. Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke and coach Doug Pederson selected LSU receiver Brian Thomas with the 23rd-overall pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night. The Jaguars moved down six spots in a trade with Minnesota, adding a fifth-rounder this year as well as a third and fourth-round pick in 2025. That’s production. The 21-year-old Thomas (6-3, 209 pounds) […]

April 26, 2024

Jaguars Blog

Jaguars draft tracker 2024

Welcome to 1010XL's Jaguars draft tracker. We'll be updating this page with information on each of Jacksonville's selections as they're announced this weekend. Happy draft szn! Round 1, 23rd overall (via trade with Vikings) - Brian Thomas Jr., WR, LSU From our 2024 draft guide: Thomas Jr. was a four-star recruit out of Walker High School, where he played football and basketball. He committed to LSU and recorded 59 catches in his first two seasons before breaking out in 2023. […]

April 25, 2024

Jaguars Blog

Gus’ Tiers: ‘My Guys’ in the 2024 NFL Draft

Welcome to the latest edition of "Gus' Tiers" at 1010XL/92.5 FM! Each Wednesday, I'll be using Tiermaker dot com to create a 100% correct ranking of a timely subject related to the Jacksonville Jaguars/NFL landscape. For this week's Tier, I ranked my favorite prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft, which begins Thursday at 8:00 p.m. ET. First rounders: Drake Maye, Malik Nabers, Cooper DeJean, Dallas Turner, Graham Barton I’m a bit biased towards Maye because his play style reminds me […]

April 24, 2024

Jaguars Blog

Mia’s Mock Draft Mondays 4.0

Mia O’Brien’s Mock Draft Mondays are powered each Monday in the month of April by Play It Again Sports. Over the past three weeks, we’ve outlined three different, Draft Day scenarios for the Jaguars. In Mia’s Mock Draft 1.0, we examined the Jaguars’ 2024 Draft sans any trades. The Jaguars traded back in the first-round in Mia’s Mock Draft 2.0. Then, last week, we swung for the fences with a trade into the top-ten for a WR1. In this final […]

April 22, 2024

Jaguars Blog

Gus’ Tiers: 2024 Wide Receiver Draft Prospects

Welcome to the latest edition of "Gus' Tiers" at 1010XL/92.5 FM! Each Wednesday, I'll be using Tiermaker dot com to create a 100% correct ranking of a timely subject related to the Jacksonville Jaguars/NFL landscape. For this week's Tier, I ranked wide receiver prospects for the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft. I used the same template as last week's EDGE rankings. Perennial All-Pro: Marvin Harrison Jr. Film experts laud Harrison Jr. for his precise route-running, which is impressive considering his 6’3”, […]

April 17, 2024

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Mia’s Mock Draft Mondays 3.0

Mia O’Brien’s Mock Draft Mondays are powered each Monday in the month of April by Play It Again Sports. For all those readers and listeners who clamored last week for the Jacksonville Jaguars to trade up in this year’s NFL Draft, not back (as they did last year and in last week’s Mock Draft)... Boy, do I have the “Mia’s Mock Draft Monday” for you. Especially for those of you both worried the Jaguars won’t ever draft a “No. 1 […]

April 14, 2024