{"id":618974,"date":"2026-04-21T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/618974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T14:28:09","slug":"previewing-jaguars-linebacker-position-ahead-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/618974\/","title":{"rendered":"Previewing Jaguars linebacker position ahead of 2026 NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2026 NFL draft near, we will be taking a position-by-position look at where things stand with the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The draft will take place from Apr. 23-25. Although the\u00a0Jaguars<\/a>\u00a0are without a first-round pick, GM James Gladstone does have 11 picks in total to work with — tied for the second-most in the NFL.<\/p>\n

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He also has four selections in the top 100, giving him the ability to still address key needs and the flexibility to let the board dictate what he does or move around as he sees fit.<\/p>\n

Up next in our preview are the linebackers. If you missed our other previews, you can find them below.<\/p>\n

Jaguars<\/a> linebackers under contract in 2026 NFL draftWhat is the need at linebacker for the Jaguars in the NFL draft?<\/p>\n

With Devin Lloyd<\/a> now in Carolina, the starting spot next to Foye Oluokun is up for grabs. And while GM\u00a0James Gladstone seems bullish<\/a>\u00a0about the talent already on the\u00a0Jaguars<\/a>‘ roster at linebacker,\u00a0particularly Ventrell Miller, adding some additional competition wouldn’t be a bad thing either.<\/p>\n

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Offseason moves at linebacker made by JaguarsTop linebacker prospects in the 2026 NFL draft<\/p>\n

With help from the\u00a0consensus big board<\/a>, here are the top linebacker prospects in this year’s draft class outside of the top 30, with the Jaguars’ first selection coming at 56th overall.<\/p>\n

45. Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech<\/p>\n

48. Anthony Hill Jr., Texas<\/p>\n

65. Josiah Trotter, Missouri<\/p>\n

125. Kaleb Elarms-Orr, TCU<\/p>\n

131. Keyshaun Elliot, Arizona State<\/p>\n

148. Bryce Boettcher, Oregon<\/p>\n

155. Jimmy Rolder, Michigan<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Why Jaguars could draft linebacker<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2026 NFL draft near, we will be taking a position-by-position look at where things stand with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[515,232437,49,48,1744,10391,123543,190986,96701,223174,228799,8210,1725,154124,59037,94510,514,82,223175,95034],"class_list":{"0":"post-618974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-branson-combs","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-carolina-panthers","13":"tag-cincinnati","14":"tag-dennis-gardeck","15":"tag-deontae-lawson","16":"tag-devin-lloyd","17":"tag-foye-oluokun","18":"tag-harold-perkins","19":"tag-jack-kiser","20":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","21":"tag-jalen-mcleod","22":"tag-james-gladstone","23":"tag-linebackers","24":"tag-nfl","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-ventrell-miller","27":"tag-yasir-abdullah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}