{"id":756047,"date":"2026-04-27T06:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/756047\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:33:50","slug":"jaguars-media-give-key-takeaways-from-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/756047\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars Media Give Key Takeaways from 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE<\/strong> \u2013 The ’26 draft is wrapped and finished.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars on Saturday followed a busy Day 2 with a busier Day 3, selecting six players to close the 2026 NFL Draft with 10 selections \u2013 addressing multiple roster areas with the toughness, physicality and mindset that have become the franchise’s defining traits under second-year Head Coach Liam Coen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars 2026 NFL Draft selections:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Texas A&M tight end Nate Boerkircher<\/a> (Round 2, No. 56 overall), Texas A&M defensive tackle Albert Regis<\/a> (Round 3, No. 81 overall), Oregon guard Emmanuel Pregnon<\/a> (Round 3, No. 88 overall), Maryland safety Jalen Huskey<\/a> (Round 3, No. 100 overall), Duke edge Wesley Williams<\/a> (Round 4, No. 119 overall), Houston tight end Tanner Koziol<\/a> (Round 5, No. 164 overall), Baylor wide receiver Josh Cameron<\/a> (Round 6, No. 191 overall), Stanford wide receiver CJ Williams<\/a> (Round 6, No. 203 overall), Washington edge Zach Durfee<\/a>(Round 7, No. 233 overall) and Middle Tennessee State linebacker Parker Hughes<\/a> (Round 7, No. 240 overall).<\/p>\n

Four Jaguars media members \u2013 senior writer John Oehser, senior correspondent Brian Sexton, senior reporter\/editor J.P. Shadrick and team reporter\/producer Kainani Stevens \u2013 shared an observation following each day of the 2026 NFL draft in which the team had a selection.<\/p>\n

Day 3 NFL Draft observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Oehser, Jaguars Senior Writer\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone<\/a> late Saturday made clear the theme of the ’26 draft, calling the team’s approach “strategically bold.” He added, “We wanted to attack the volume play while prioritizing the players we felt could level up our team.” The result was a deep, patient and measured draft \u2013 one that particularly addressed the two lines and tight end. The Jaguars opted against trading up early in the draft, instead holding onto selections and reshaping the tight end room with Boerkircher and Koziol \u2013 who along with Brenton Strange<\/a> and Quintin Morris<\/a> should enable the Jaguars to run the two- and three-tight end packages that the Los Angeles Rams made successful to a notable degree last season. That addition to an already potent offense was the weekend’s most notable Jaguars storyline \u2013 and the success of that initiative may be how this draft is ultimately judged. Those watching closely also came away with an even clearer idea of this team’s identity under Coen, Gladstone and Executive Vice President of Football Operations Tony Boselli<\/a>. That group leans hard into mental and physical toughness, what they call the “Duval DNA.” That DNA ran through the ’26 draft class and should continue reshaping and redefining an ascending organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE \u2013 The ’26 draft is wrapped and finished. The Jaguars on Saturday followed a busy Day 2…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":756048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[305383,310256,5229,65474,308308,3188,723,57224,58964,7310,20155,58963,58965,9077,309140,58960,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-756047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-2026-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft-day-3","tag-america","tag-brian-sexton","tag-draft-tracker-card","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-front-page-headline","tag-j-p-shadrick","tag-jacksonville","tag-james-gladstone","tag-john-oehser","tag-kainani-kai-stevens-zaskey","tag-liam-coen","tag-news-draft","tag-news-jaguars-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116475279559714001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}