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Trevor Lawrence misses team drills due to hurt hamstring
Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence. Bob Self/Florida Times-Union via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Jaguars' Trevor Lawrence misses team drills due to hurt hamstring

It appears the left hamstring tightness that began bothering Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence roughly one week ago isn't as mild as first thought. 

Initial reports stated Lawrence would be good to go for the start of mandatory minicamp on Monday, but ESPN's Michael DiRocco notes that head coach Urban Meyer told reporters the 21-year-old was kept out of team drills at the start of the week and will likely also do some work off to the side by himself on Tuesday. 

"Our trainers and Schotty [passing game coordinator Brian Schottenheimer] are being a little cautious because right now when you're a month out, you yank a hamstring now you're going to miss the early part of the training camp," Meyer explained. "That's that one muscle that, you guys have all seen it like I have, you pull a hamstring at this point you're going to miss all your summer conditioning so we're being somewhat conservative on it." 

He added that Lawrence "actually could play a game if he had to." 

Lawrence, meanwhile, admitted it's "frustrating" not being a full participant this week. "I'm just trying to not have any more setbacks, so taking it slow," he said. "Got some good reps today. So start getting more and more each day this week and kind of work back into it." 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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