{"id":245912,"date":"2026-04-25T07:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:17:12","slug":"jacksonville-jaguars-pick-s-jalen-huskey-at-no-100-in-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245912\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Jaguars pick S Jalen Huskey at No. 100 in 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the No. 100 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Jalen Huskey, safety, Maryland.<\/p>\n

After letting veteran Andrew \u201cDewey\u201d Wingard walk in free agency, the Jags had to find someone to fill his role as a backup safety and core special teams contributor. Huskey figures to immediately challenge for that spot and attempt to carve out a rotational role in Anthony Campanile\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n

Defense & Fumbles Table Tackles Def Interceptions Fumbles Season Team Conf Class Pos G Solo Ast Comb TFL Sk Int Yds Avg IntTD PD FR Yds FRTD FF Awards 2022<\/a>* Bowling Green<\/a> MAC<\/a> FR CB 9 4 3 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2023<\/a>* Bowling Green<\/a> MAC<\/a> SO CB 12 30 22 52 1.0 0.0 4 42 10.5 0 6 1 0 0 0 2024<\/a> Maryland<\/a> Big Ten<\/a> JR CB 12 21 24 45 2.5 0.0 3 37 12.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2025<\/a> Maryland<\/a> Big Ten<\/a> SR DB 12 58 14 72 1.5 0.0 4 78 19.5 0 3 0 0 0 0 Career 45 113 63 176 5.0 0.0 11 157 14.3 0 10 2 0 0 0 Bowling Green (2 Yrs) 21 34 25 59 1.0 0.0 4 42 10.5 0 6 1 0 0 0 Maryland (2 Yrs) 24 79 38 117 4.0 0.0 7 115 16.4 0 4 1 0 0 0
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From Lance Zierlein of NFL.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Three-year starting split-field safety with adequate size but deficient speed. Huskey piled up interceptions, showing his ball skills and instincts. However, he\u2019s slow to accelerate from transitions and lacks quality make-up speed, so receivers can get open and stay open when he\u2019s forced to match them.<\/p>\n

From Dane Brugler of The Athletic<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Huskey doesn\u2019t have top-tier speed and balance, but he has outstanding ball instincts and a feel for overlapping underneath zones. He can give an NFL team depth at strong safety.<\/p>\n

From Stephen Marciello of Sports Info Solutions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Huskey is a versatile, ball-hawking free safety with very good range, that can make an impact as a deep defender and an open-field tackler right away, and has the potential to be a true 3-level impact safety.<\/p>\n

From Daniel Harms of Bleacher Report<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jalen Huskey is the biggest sleeper at the safety position in this class. The football IQ and ball production is impressive for a safety who recently made the transition. A willing participant in the run game, he takes part in every phase with the same enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

Jaguars fans, let us know your initial thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the No. 100 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars selected Jalen Huskey, safety, Maryland.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,6620,26216,6621,15359,117],"class_list":["post-245912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-depth-chart","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-draft","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-news","tag-jacksonville-jaguars-roster","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245912","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=245912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}