The Jacksonville Jaguars set a franchise record over the weekend with a 13-player draft class, the largest ever for the team. The Jaguars are set to have a ton of draft ammunition in 2024, as well.
As of right now, the Jaguars own nine picks in next year’s draft — their original seven selections as well as extra fourth- and sixth-round picks they acquired from the New Orleans and Carolina Panthers, respectively.
Barring an outrageous scenario where Calvin Ridley doesn’t make the 53-man roster in the fall, one of those nine picks (a second-, third-, or fourth-rounder) will be sent to the Atlanta Falcons.
But two or three picks will be headed back into Jacksonville’s stockpile next spring when the league announces compensatory picks. A third-rounder for Jawaan Taylor seems like a guarantee and a sixth-rounder for Arden Key looks highly likely.
The question mark is whether the Jaguars will get a seventh-round pick for losing Marvin Jones Jr after he got a contract from the Detroit Lions that is teetering on the edge of being not enough. For now, Over The Cap projects the loss of Jones to net the Jaguars the Mr. Irrelevant selection next year.
Here are the Jaguars’ projected picks in the 2024 NFL draft
- 1st round
- 2nd round* (goes to Falcons if Calvin Ridley gets contract extension)
- 3rd round* (goes to Falcons if Ridley meets unspecified playing time conditions)
- 3rd round (expected compensatory pick for Jawaan Taylor)
- 4th round* (goes to Falcons if Ridley makes roster)
- 4th round (via Saints)
- 5th round
- 6th round
- 6th round (via Panthers)
- 6th round (expected compensatory pick for Arden Key)
- 7th round
- 7th round (expected compensatory pick for Marvin Jones Jr)
