To help fill in fans on the surprise selection, we heard from two key members of the Jaguars\u2019 brass in quick interviews with team reporter Kainani Stevens.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe certainly engaged in dialogue with other clubs surrounding what paths might exist,\u201d said general manager James Gladstone.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, we were jacked to end up with a player that we all have a ton of appreciation for, knowing that as we look forward to the next evolution of the Jacksonville Jaguars and our team in 2026, it\u2019s going to involve heavier tight end groupings that can tap into the current trend in the NFL, and Nate offers that.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe brings a lot really in all phases of the game,\u201d said offensive coordinator Grant Udinski.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore you even talk about what he does on the field, you talk about the guy off the field, and he\u2019s really our type of guy, with the way he approaches football, approaches preparation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the field, he\u2019ll probably be labeled a little bit as a blocker because of his production at A&M, but I think he\u2019s more than that and has capabilities to continue to grow in our offense and then unlock some of what Brenton and some of our other tight ends and receivers can do in the pass game as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To help fill in fans on the surprise selection, we heard from two key members of the Jaguars\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,58330,6620,26216,6621,15359,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-245857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars-analysis","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars-depth-chart","12":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars-draft","13":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","14":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars-roster","15":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245857","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=245857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}