The Jacksonville Jaguars targeted offense early in the 2023 NFL draft and a ton of depth late for a total of 13 picks, that largest class ever for the franchise.
Making a roster that won the AFC South last season and didn’t see much turnover in free agency could be an uphill climb for some of the late-round picks. But there’s also a lot of spots on the depth chart up for grabs.
So do these 13 rookies have the chops to earn a place on the 53-man roster? We looked to Pro Football Focus for some hints to see how NFL-ready the newest members of the Jaguars are.
Here are the grades each of the team’s 13 draft picks earned during the last three years of their collegiate careers:
OT Anton Harrison
2022 grade: 72.6
2021 grade: 77.0
2020 grade: 69.1
TE Brenton Strange
2022 grade: 70.0
2021 grade: 61.8
2020 grade: 59.1
RB Tank Bigsby
2022 grade: 82.5
2021 grade: 81.8
2020 grade: 84.1
LB Ventrell Miller
2022 grade: 68.4
2021 grade: 56.7
2020 grade: 64.1
DL Tyler Lacy
2022 grade: 81.1
2021 grade: 77.5
2020 grade: 65.0
OLB Yasir Abdullah
2022 grade: 84.2
2021 grade: 75.4
2020 grade: 78.6
S Antonio Johnson
2022 grade: 81.6
2021 grade: 87.4
2020 grade: 64.8
WR Parker Washington
2022 grade: 76.4
2021 grade: 81.6
2020 grade: 66.7
CB Christian Braswell
2022 grade: 86.3
2021 grade: (out for season with injury)
2020 grade: 65.6
CB Erick Hallett II
2022 grade: 76.0
2021 grade: 56.3
2020 grade: 66.1
OL Cooper Hodges
2022 grade: 87.0
2021 grade: 80.4
2020 grade: 74.9
DT Raymond Vohasek
2022 grade: 58.9
2021 grade: 73.3
2020 grade: 66.3
FB Derek Parish
2022 grade (as DE): 91.0
2021 grade (as DE): 84.1
2020 grade (as DE): 80.1
