The pick is in and a new era is underway in DUUUVAL county.
With the first pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars have selected Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
According to NFL.com,
The blond-haired quarterback has been penciled in as the Jaguars’ starting signal-caller since the club clinched the No. 1 pick following its Week 16 loss. Lawrence is the reason Urban Meyer is the coach in Jacksonville, and the reason for optimism of a swift rise for the Duval franchise.
“If this isn’t a moment to enjoy for me and for all the Jags fans, you need more coffee or you need something else,” Jags owner Shad Khan cooed in the week leading up to the draft. “This is a great-to-be-alive kind of moment, frankly.”
It’s the first time in franchise history the Jaguars have owned the No. 1 overall pick. Khan’s club picked a good year for it. A generational quarterback landed right in its lap.
Lawrence is as pristine a product entering the NFL since Andrew Luck came out of Stanford.
A three-year starter at Clemson, Lawrence generated 90 passing touchdowns in his college career. The Tigers went 34-2 in his 36 starts including three straight College Football Playoff appearances (winning it all in his freshman campaign in 2018).
Since 2018, Lawrence ranks tied for first in the FBS in TD passes, and second in yards (10,098), total yards (11,041) and total TDs (108).
The 21-year-old combines precision passing with field-stretching acumen. According to Pro Football Focus, Lawrence generated 10-plus TDs and 100-plus passer rating on deep passes in each of his college seasons. He’s the only FBS QB with 10-plus deep TD passes in each of the past three campaigns.
Not only is Lawrence the first No. 1 pick by Jacksonville, he’s the top Clemson player ever selected, and first selected in the top three in the NFL draft — four Clemson players have been selected fourth overall, most recently WR Sammy Watkins in 2014 (Bills) and DE Clelin Ferrell in 2019 (Raiders).
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