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Ranking the Jaguars' Last 10 Draft Classes
Jacksonville Jaguars fans celebrate as Georgia's Travon Walker is announced as the team's first pick No. 1 overall in the NFL football draft, during a draft party Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Jacksonville, Fla. Ap Nfl Draft Jaguars Football S Fbn Usa Fl Syndication Usa Today Bob Self / USA TODAY NETWORK

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars are fewer than four weeks away from putting together another important draft class.

But before we see what Jaguars general manager James Gladstone does with his 11 picks in 2026, let's take a look at the last 10 Jaguars draft classes: ranked from worst to first.

10) 2020

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Best pick: Davon Hamilton

Worst pick: C.J. Henderson

The Duval Dozen. This was ... an unfortunate draft class. DaVon Hamilton and former special teams ace Daniel Thomas are the only two members of it who signed a second deal with the team, and top picks C.J. Henderson, K'Lavon Chaisson and Laviska Sheanult were all busts, with two of the three being traded within their first three seasons. This was a complete dud.

9) 2018

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Best pick: Logan Cooke

Worst Pick: Taven Bryan

The only reason the 2020 class was worst than this one was because the Jaguars wasted two top-20 picks in 2020. Taven Bryan over Lamar Jackson is an all-time miss, though, and only Logan Cooke made anything of himself from this draft class. He is pretty good, at least.

8) 2017

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Best Pick: Dawuane Smoot

Worst Pick: Leonard Fournette

Cam Robinson deserves some consideration for the best pick spot as a result of his years as the starting left tackle, but Dawuane Smoot's reliability for multiple Jaguars defenses earns him the nod. Leonard Fournette was an all-time miss by the Jaguars in the first-round, though, and they did not get much else from this class.

7) 2025

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Best Pick: LeQuint Allen

Worst Pick: TBD

Travis Hunter is going to define just where this class ranks, but it is overall too early to tell for most procolmations. They did clearly get a gem in seventh-round running back LeQuint Allen, however.

6) 2024

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Best Pick: Jarrian Jones

Worst Pick: Maason Smith

Jarrian Jones, Cam Little and Brian Thomas Jr. were all solid additions from this class. With that said, they reached for Maason Smith with little payoff in the second and most of Day 3 were misses from the start.

5) 2022

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Best Pick: Montaric Brown

Worst Pick: Chad Muma

Travon Walker is the best player from the Jaguars' 2022 class, but Montaric Brown in the 7th was the best pick. He just cashed in big and is one of the Jaguars' best draft success stories. The Luke Fortner, Chad Muma and Snoop Conner picks stick out like a sore thumb, with the Muma pick making little sense even when it happened.

4) 2019

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Best Pick: Josh Hines-Allen

Worst Pick: Josh Oliver

This class would rank even higher if it was strictly based on how much money the group earned. Jawaan Taylor, Quincy Williams, Josh Oliver, and Gardner Minshew have all done very well for themselves, and Josh Hines-Allen is one of the best picks in franchise history.

3) 2021

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Best Pick: Trevor Lawrence

Worst Pick: Jordan Smith

Trevor Lawrence is a franchise quarterback, so any class involving him is going to rank quite high. The Jaguars also got a lot of production out of Travis Etienne and Walker Little, as well as Andre Cisco for a few seasons.

2) 2023

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Best Pick: Parker Washington

Worst Pick: Tyler Lacy

Parker Washington, Anton Harrison, Brenton Strange, and Antonio Johnson is quite the haul from one draft class. A few Day 3 misses anda Tank Bigsby run didn't work out, but this class could be a foundation-setting one.

1) 2016

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Best Pick: Jalen Ramsey

Worst Pick: Sheldon Day

Jalen Ramsey, Myles Jack, Yannick Ngakoue. Enough said.


This article first appeared on Jacksonville Jaguars on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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