{"id":240950,"date":"2026-04-21T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240950\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:49:16","slug":"best-draft-picks-in-jacksonville-jaguars-history-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240950\/","title":{"rendered":"Best draft picks in Jacksonville Jaguars history \u2013 WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MT-R \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n

Best draft picks in Jacksonville Jaguars history<\/p>\n

Stacker<\/a> compiled a list of the best draft picks in Jacksonville Jaguars history using career Weighted Approximate Value (wAV), a metric developed by Pro-Football-Reference.com<\/a> to estimate career impact. The ranking also lists individual accolades such as Pro Bowl selections, First-Team All-Pro honors, and total years as a starter. Players were assigned to their originally drafted teams, excluding any draft-day trades. Data is as of April 2026.<\/p>\n

#10. Reggie Nelson (2007, Round 1, Pick 21)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 63
– Pro Bowls: 2
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 181
– Seasons as Starter: 11<\/p>\n

#8. John Henderson (2002, Round 1, Pick 9) (tie)
– Position: DT
– Career wAV: 64
– Pro Bowls: 2
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 146
– Seasons as Starter: 8<\/p>\n

#8. Rashean Mathis (2003, Round 2, Pick 39) (tie)
– Position: DB
– Career wAV: 64
– Pro Bowls: 1
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 175
– Seasons as Starter: 11<\/p>\n

#7. Tony Boselli (1995, Round 1, Pick 2)
– Position: T
– Career wAV: 66
– Pro Bowls: 5
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 91
– Seasons as Starter: 6<\/p>\n

#6. Marcus Stroud (2001, Round 1, Pick 13)
– Position: DT
– Career wAV: 67
– Pro Bowls: 3
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 146
– Seasons as Starter: 9<\/p>\n

#5. Daryl Smith (2004, Round 2, Pick 39)
– Position: LB
– Career wAV: 72
– Pro Bowls: 0
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 190
– Seasons as Starter: 12<\/p>\n

#3. Brad Meester (2000, Round 2, Pick 60) (tie)
– Position: C
– Career wAV: 74
– Pro Bowls: 0
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 209
– Seasons as Starter: 14<\/p>\n

#3. Maurice Jones-Drew (2006, Round 2, Pick 60) (tie)
– Position: RB
– Career wAV: 74
– Pro Bowls: 3
– First-Team All-Pro: 1
– Games Played: 126
– Seasons as Starter: 4<\/p>\n

#2. Jalen Ramsey (2016, Round 1, Pick 5)
– Position: CB
– Career wAV: 84
– Pro Bowls: 8
– First-Team All-Pro: 3
– Games Played: 152
– Seasons as Starter: 10<\/p>\n

#1. Fred Taylor (1998, Round 1, Pick 9)
– Position: RB
– Career wAV: 88
– Pro Bowls: 1
– First-Team All-Pro: 0
– Games Played: 153
– Seasons as Starter: 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MT-R \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker) Best draft picks in Jacksonville Jaguars history Stacker compiled a list of the best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,60769],"class_list":["post-240950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-stacker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240950","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=240950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}