The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the South Division of the American Football Conference. The Jaguars joined the NFL in 1995 as an expansion team, along with the Carolina Panthers. The team plays its home games at EverBank Stadium in downtown Jacksonville.
The NFL draft, officially known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings; the teams with the worst win–loss records receive the earliest picks. Teams that qualified for the NFL playoffs select after non-qualifiers, and their order depends on how far they advanced, using their regular season record as a tie-breaker. The final two selections in the first round are reserved for the Super Bowl runner-up and champion. Draft picks are tradable and players or other picks can be acquired with them.
Since the team's first draft in 1995, the Jaguars have selected 36 players in the first round. The team's first selection in their inaugural NFL draft was Tony Boselli, a tackle from the University of Southern California; he was the second overall selection. Boselli is the Jaguars' only draft pick to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Jaguars have held the first overall pick twice and selected Trevor Lawrence in 2021 and Travon Walker in 2022. Their most recent draft pick was in 2025, when the Jaguars selected Travis Hunter, a two-way player from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Player selections
+ Key Symbol Meaning Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame * Selected number one overall
Position abbreviations CB Cornerback DB Defensive back DE Defensive end DT Defensive tackle LB Linebacker QB Quarterback RB Running back T Tackle TE Tight end WR Wide receiver
+ Jacksonville Jaguars first-round draft picks by season Season Pick Player name College Notes 1995 2 T USC 19 RB Tennessee Moved up draft order in trade with Kansas City Chiefs 1996 2 LB Illinois 1997 21 DT Notre Dame 1998 9 RB Florida Pick received from Buffalo Bills 25 DB Syracuse 1999 26 DB Alabama 2000 29 WR USC 2001 13 DT Georgia 2002 9 DT Tennessee 2003 7 QB Marshall Moved up draft order due to the Minnesota Vikings not submitting their pick in time 2004 9 WR Washington 2005 21 WR Arkansas 2006 28 TE UCLA 2007 21 DB Florida Moved down draft order in trade with Denver Broncos 2008 8 DE Florida Moved up draft order in trade with Baltimore Ravens 2009 8 T Virginia 2010 10 DT California 2011 10 QB Missouri Moved up draft order in trade with Washington Redskins 2012 5 WR Oklahoma State Moved up draft order in trade with Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2013 2 T Texas A&M 2014 3 QB UCF 2015 3 DE Florida 2016 5 CB Florida State 2017 4 RB LSU 2018 29 DT Florida 2019 7 DE Kentucky 2020 9 CB Florida 20 LB LSU Pick received from Los Angeles Rams2021 1 * QB Clemson 25 RB Clemson Pick received from Los Angeles Rams2022 1 * DE Georgia 27 LB Utah Moved up draft order in trade with Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2023 27 T Oklahoma Moved down draft order in trades with New York Giants and Buffalo Bills 2024 23 WR LSU Moved down draft order in trade with Minnesota Vikings 2025 2 WR/CB Colorado Moved up draft order in trade with Cleveland Browns 2026 No pick Pick traded to Cleveland Browns
See also History of the Jacksonville Jaguars Jacksonville Jaguars draft history List of Jacksonville Jaguars seasons
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