2021 DRAFT RELEASE THE OVERVIEW TIMINGDUUUVAL OF DRAFTTHE ROUNDS 2021 The 86th NFL Draft will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 29 The Jaguars will host fans at the Travelcamp RV DUUUVAL Draft with the Jaguars holding the No. 1 overall selection for the first time party, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on April 29. The draft party will return in franchise history. The second and third rounds will take place on to TIAA Bank Field so fans can watch the NFL Draft live on the world- Friday, April 30 at 7 p.m. ET with the final four rounds beginning on famous video boards. Gates open at 6:30 p.m., followed by live draft Saturday, May 1 at noon. The Jaguars enter the 2021 NFL Draft with analysis and interviews with Jaguars players. 10 total draft selections, including four in the top 50. 2021 DRAFT ORDER This year’s draft marks the first for Head Coach Urban Meyer and Pick Team 2020 Record W% the seventh for Trent Baalke as a general manager and first as the Jaguars GM. Baalke has held a top 10 pick twice in his career with 1. Jacksonville 1-15 .063 both players ultimately earning Pro Bowl honors within their first 2. New York Jets 2-14 .125 three seasons in the NFL. 3. San Francisco (via Miami) 6-10 .375 “I knew that this would be arguably the most important decision I’d 4. Atlanta 4-12 .250 be making, maybe in my lifetime” Owner Shad Khan said. “How the stars aligned, it’s something that can really secure the future for the 5. Cincinnati 4-11-1 .281 Jacksonville Jaguars.” 6. Miami (via Philadelphia) 10-6 .281 2021 DRAFT COVERAGE 7. Detroit 5-11 .313 The 2021 NFL Draft will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and NFL Network. The Jaguars first-round picks are slated to be 8. Carolina 5-11 .313 announced in Cleveland by Commisioner Goodell with the No. 33 pick being made by Jaguars Legend Kevin Hardy. Commissioner 9. Denver 5-11 .313 Goodell and Troy Vincent will announce the No. 45 and No. 65 pick, 10. Dallas 6-10 .375 respectively. The fourth-round picks will be announced in London while Jacksonville’s 2020 fan of the year, Danika Mitchell, will 11. New York Giants 6-10 .375 announce the No. 145 pick in Cleveland. Jaguars representatives will make the final two picks in Jacksonville. 12. Philadelphia (via Miami) 4-11-1 .375 MEDIA INFORMATION 13. Los Angeles Chargers 7-9 .438 The Jaguars will hold availability with Head Coach Urban Meyer and 14. Minnesota 7-9 .438 General Manager Trent Baalke at the conclusion of each day of the draft in the media workroom at TIAA Bank Field, and draft choices 15. New England 7-9 .438 will be available via Zoom after their selection. Transcripts and recordings will be provided when available and press conferences 16. Arizona 8-8 .500 will be streamed on @Jaguars twitter. Please note that the media 17. Las Vegas Raiders 8-8 .500 workroom is only available to a limited number of accredited media. 18. Miami 10-6 .625 JAGUARS 2021 NFL DRAFT PICKS 19. Washington 7-9 .438 ROUND PICK 20. Chicago 8-8 .500 FIRST 1ST 21. Indianapolis 11-5 .688 FIRST 25TH (VIA LAR) 22. Tennessee 11-5 .688 SECOND 33RD 23. New York Jets (via Seattle) 2-14 .125 SECOND 45TH (VIA MIN) 24. Pittsburgh 12-4 .750 25. Jacksonville (via Los Angeles Rams) 1-15 .063 THIRD 65TH 26. Cleveland 11-5 .688 FOURTH 106TH 27. Baltimore 11-5 .688 FOURTH 130TH (VIA LAR) 28. New Orleans 12-4 .750 FIFTH 145TH 29. Green Bay 13-3 .813 FIFTH 170TH (VIA CLE) 30. Buffalo 13-3 .813 SEVENTH 249TH (VIA TEN) 31. Baltimore (via Kansas City) 11-5 .688 32. Tampa Bay 11-5 .688 1 1 2021 DRAFT RELEASE URBAN TRENT MEYER BAALKE HEAD COACH GENERAL MANAGER The Jacksonville Jaguars hired three-time national champion, seven-time Trent Baalke was hired as the Jaguars general manager on Jan. 21, 2021. conference winner and college Coach of the Decade Urban Meyer on Jan. 14, 2021. “Trent Baalke has had success at virtually every level of football, notably so as a general manager who shrewdly and quickly built an NFL conference Before serving as a studio analyst at FOX and an assistant athletic director championship organization and team,” said Jacksonville Jaguars Owner Shad at Ohio State, Meyer accumulated a 187-32 record and a .854 winning Khan. “That experience inspired us to recruit Trent to Jacksonville a year ago percentage, the third-highest in college football history, during head coaching to serve as our director of player personnel and is one of many reasons why stints at Ohio State (2012-18), Florida (2005-10), Utah (2003-04) and Bowling we are naming Trent as the new general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars. Green (2001-02). Meyer also posted a 12-3 record in postseason play. He is Trent thoroughly knows the NFL and the dynamics of today’s game, has an the only modern-day coach to win national championships in two different exceptional eye for talent and I know will have excellent chemistry with Head conferences (SEC in 2006 and 2008 at Florida and Big Ten in 2014 at Ohio Coach Urban Meyer as they begin their mission to bring a consistent winner State). to our fans in Jacksonville.” Meyer was hired for his first head coaching stint on Dec. 4, 2000 at Bowling He originally joined the Jaguars in February 2020 as the team’s director of Green, launching a coaching career that would earn him Coach of the Decade player personnel before being named the interim general manager on Nov. accolades by Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News. Meyer turned around 29, 2020. Prior to arriving in Jacksonville, Baalke spent 12 seasons with the a BGSU program that endured six consecutive losing seasons prior to his San Francisco 49ers, rising from the ranks of western region scout (2005-07) appointment into a Top 25 team. The Falcons posted 8-3 and 9-3 seasons to director of player personnel (2008-09) to vice president of player personnel before he accepted the head coaching position at Utah, where he went 22-2 (2010) to general manager (2011-16). He was named Executive of the Year in two seasons at the helm, including an undefeated 12-0 campaign in 2004. following the 2011 season by the Pro Football Writers of America and Pro Football Weekly after transforming a 6-10 team into a 13-3 team in his first Meyer was named national coach of the year in 2003 by The Sporting News season as general manager with San Francisco. and, in 2004, he was named the Football Writers Association of America’s Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year and the Home Depot Coach of the Year. During Baalke’s tenure in the Bay Area, the 49ers appeared in three The Touchdown Club of Columbus also presented him with its coach of the consecutive NFC Championship games (2011-13) and Super Bowl XLVII, year award, the Woody Hayes Trophy. While with the Utes, Meyer mentored while tallying a 5-3 postseason record. After Baalke began overseeing all QB Alex Smith, who threw for 2,952 yards and 32 TDs and ran for 631 yards player acquisitions in 2010, six acquired players accounted for nine All-Pro and 10 TDs in 2004 before being the first overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft. selections while eight of those players earned Pro Bowl honors. Overall, the 49ers produced 24 All-Pro selections and 35 Pro Bowl nods from 2010-16. His prolific coaching career next took him to Gainesville, where his six-year stint saw two national titles and a 65-15 record with the Gators. He led Florida He spent four years with the Washington Football Team’s scouting staff to national championships in 2006 and 2008 and tutored QB Tim Tebow, who where he served as the college scouting coordinator in his final season. From won the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and was named First-Team All-American in 2001-03, he served as Washington’s national scout. Baalke started his NFL 2008 after leading the most productive offense in SEC history (611 points). career as a personnel scout with the New York Jets from 1998-2000. During his time in Columbus, the Buckeyes won the inaugural College Football Prior to his NFL career, Baalke worked as a defensive line and strength and Playoff national championship in 2014, captured the Big Ten Conference title conditioning coach at South Dakota State from 1990-95 before working as in 2014, 2017 and 2018 and posted an 83-9 record, including a 54-4 conference the athletic director at Shanley High School in Fargo, N.D., in 1996 and 1997. record. He posted the two longest winning streaks in school history: 24 and He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at North Dakota State 23 games. in 1989 helping the team finish with a 14-0 record and Division II National Championship. Meyer’s teams were 26-3 in rivalry games. Bowling Green was 1-1 against Toledo, Utah posted a 2-0 record against BYU, Florida tallied a 16-2 record The Rosendale, Wis. native earned a bachelor’s degree in health and physical against Florida State, Tennessee and Georgia and Ohio State was 7-0 against education at Bemidji State (Minn.) where he played outside linebacker and Michigan.