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Michael DiRoccoApr 13, 2026, 06:00 AM ET<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner.<\/p>\n Multiple Authors<\/p>\n JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The 2026 NFL draft<\/a> (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App) will start on April 23 in Pittsburgh. The Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> are scheduled to make 11 of the draft’s 257 picks<\/a>, though they don’t have a first-round draft pick after trading it to the Cleveland Browns<\/a> at last year’s NFL draft.<\/p>\n During the three-day event (Rounds 2-3 on April 24 and Rounds 4-7 on April 25), we will update this page with analysis on every pick.<\/p>\n A full list of Jaguars’ selections are below, in addition to positional needs.<\/p>\n NFL draft coverage: Round 2: No. 56 overall<\/p>\n Round 3: No. 81<\/p>\n Round 3: No. 88<\/p>\n Round 3: No. 100<\/p>\n Round 4: No. 124<\/p>\n Round 5: No. 164<\/p>\n Round 5: No. 166<\/p>\n Round 6: No. 203<\/p>\n Round 7: No. 233<\/p>\n Round 7: No. 240<\/p>\n Round 7: No. 245<\/p>\n Top three needs<\/a>: DT, edge, LB.<\/p>\n The Jaguars led the NFL in rush defense in 2025 but struggled rushing the passer (ranked 27th with 32 total sacks). Other than Arik Armstead<\/a> (5.5 sacks), there was minimal pressure from the interior. That put the burden on edge rushers Josh Hines-Allen<\/a> and Travon Walker<\/a>, who combined for 11.5 sacks. Armstead is 32 with a $19.4 million cap figure, so there’s a chance the team moves on from him as a post-June 1 release. The biggest offensive need is adding another running back alongside Chris Rodriguez Jr<\/a>. and Bhayshul Tuten<\/a>. Travis Etienne Jr<\/a>. signed with the Saints in free agency.<\/p>\n With no picks in the top 50 spots but 11 selections overall, do you see the Jaguars looking to move up?<\/p>\n Not likely. GM James Gladstone has talked openly about liking having a barrel of picks because it offers flexibility to make moves – not just in the draft but during camp and the season. It would take a big package, which may include next year’s first-round pick, to move back into the first round. It would have to be for a player at an impact position like edge rusher (one of their top needs), but it’s considered a deep class. They could get one using one of their four picks from 56-100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael DiRoccoApr 13, 2026, 06:00 AM ET CloseMichael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-229642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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