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On the eve of the 30th Jaguars draft class, here are the best draft picks in franchise history, in tiers.

C Tier: 
Brad Meester, Maurice Williams, Travis Etienne, Yannick Ngakoue, Greg Jones, Brandon Linder, Vince Manuwai, Marcedes Lewis, Myles Jack

B Tier: 
Aaron Beasley, Telvin Smith, Donovin Darius, John Henderson, Kevin Hardy, Daryl Smith, Anton Harrison, Travis Etienne, Tyson Campbell

A Tier: 
Marcus Stroud, Tony Brackens, Rashean Mathis, Trevor Lawrence 

S Tier: Tony Boselli, Fred Taylor, Josh Allen, Maurice Jones-Drew, Jalen Ramsey

*The Best Draft Pick By Round:

Best 7th rounder - DE Bobby McCray: 22 sacks in 4 seasons and played on 2 playoff teams.

Best 6th rounder - QB Gardner Minshew: started 20 games at QB and won 7. Minshew threw 37 TD passes in a Jaguars uniform. Dude made the Pro Bowl last season with Indy.

Best 5th rounder -LB Telvin Smith: played 5 seasons and was quickly named a team captain. Made a Pro Bowl. 587 combined tackles, 52 TFL, 7.5 Sacks, 9 int, 6 FR, 5 FF, and is tied with Aaron Beasley for the most returned touchdowns in team history.

Best 4th rounder - David Garrard: Finished with 106 total touchdowns, with 89 passing and 17 rushing. The 17 rushing TD still stands today as the franchise record for a QB. Made a Pro Bowl. Took the 2007 Jaguars to the playoffs and should’ve been the starter in the 2005 playoffs.

Best 3rd rounder - Yannick Ngakoue: played 4 seasons and finished with 37.5 sacks, 42 TFL 2 int and never registered less than 8 sacks in his 9 year career except last year where he posted 4 sacks with Chicago. In a Jaguars uniform he led the NFL in forced fumbles in 2017 and finished in Jacksonville with 14 forced fumbles.

Best 2nd rounder - Maurice Jones-Drew: Made 3 Pro Bowls and 1 All Pro. 2nd leading rusher in franchise history behind Fred Taylor. Jones-Drew is still the team’s all-time leader in touchdowns with 81. He finished his Jaguars career with 8,071 yards rushing, 2,873 yards receiving and 2,187 return yards.

Best 1st rounder - Tony Boselli: Made 5 Pro Bowls and 3 All Pros. Selected to the 1990’s All Decade Team and played on 4 straight playoff teams and was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Daryl Smith should be on the list

(04-24-2024, 03:16 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: [ -> ]Daryl Smith should be on the list

Good eye. Smith has been added.

How about Vince Manuwai and Marcedes Lewis?

(04-24-2024, 02:58 PM)JagFanatic24 Wrote: [ -> ]On the eve of the 30th Jaguars draft class, here are the best draft picks in franchise history, in tiers.

C Tier: 
Brad Meester, Maurice Williams, Travis Etienne, Yannick Ngakoue, Greg Jones, Brandon Linder

Greg Jones 272 rushes for 913 yards for 3.4 yards per carries and 10 TDs + 471 receiving yards for 1,384 total yards

For a 2nd round pick this guy would have been considered a major bust with any other fanbase.  

I get it, people like Greg Jones because he was tough, had a great highlight (once), and was a good college player.  That said, 

I mean, think about it, Etienne already has 2,133 rushing yards (16 TDs) and 792 receiving yards for 2,925 total yards.

I recall Greg Jones getting stuffed at the 1 yard line 4x in a row --- terrible at the goal line with this high running style he had.

(04-25-2024, 11:28 AM)Thewitnessofsolinvictus Wrote: [ -> ]How about  Vince Manuwai and Marcedes Lewis?

I got you brother. Added!