The Jacksonville Jaguars are finally on the board at the 2026 NFL Draft.

After being spectators on Thursday during Round 1, thanks to the trade with the Cleveland Browns last year to get Travis Hunter, the Jaguars made four picks across two rounds on Friday night.

So, how did the Jags fare with those selections? Let’s get into them.

Round 2, pick 56 — Texas A&M TE Nate Boerkircher

I don’t mind adding a tight end, but this would not have been my pick.

Boerkircher’s receiving production in college was modest. Across a five-year career at Nebraska and Texas A&M, Boerkircher totaled 38 catches for 417 yards and four touchdowns. His best season came last year in his only one with the Aggies, where he had 19 catches for 198 yards and three scores.

He doesn’t have the speed to beat defenders in man coverage, so he’ll be best used in zone coverage to take advantage of his size and solid hands. According to 12thMan.com, he posted a 4.78 40-yard dash time at A&M’s Pro Day.

What Boerkircher is is a physical, edge-setting blocker who will certainly make the Jaguars’ running game better, and there’s obviously value to that.

But for a tight end whose best traits are blocking — even if he’s very good at it — and offering relatively little in the passing game, this was a reach here.

Grade: C

Round 3, pick 81 — Texas A&M DT Albert Regis

Jacksonville GM James Gladstone really likes his Aggies in this draft, it appears. Addressing one of the Jags’ biggest needs, Regis gets the nod in the first of Jacksonville’s three third-round picks.

Regis is a disruptive run stopper. He posted an 82.6 Pro Football Focus run defense grade last season. Unfortunately, he doesn’t excel as a pass rusher, with just 3.5 sacks in five seasons in College Stations. In 257 pass rushing snaps last year, he generated just 13 QB pressures, good for a 5.1% pressure rate.

Regis also might have been a bit of a reach, based on where he was projected on a number of draft boards as a Day 3 pick.

That said, they’ve got another body in the defensive tackle rotation, and one that can at least offer quick help against the run on early downs.

Grade: B

Round 3, pick 88 — Oregon IOL Emmanuel Pregnon

I almost feel like the Jags remembered what everyone else forgot for most of Friday night — that Pregnon is a good bet to be a quality starting interior lineman at the NFL level.

Pregnon brings plenty of experience at age 24 and with four years of college experience under his belt. He’s a powerful run blocker who should be able to come in and, at bare minimum, give the Jaguars a starting-capable backup guard who won’t miss a beat if called on in the season. That’s a luxury not every team has. Best case, he pushes for a starting spot in camp.

Either way, when you take very good offensive linemen, that’s hardly ever a bad thing. Football is won in the trenches, after all.

Grade: A+

Round 3, pick 100 — Maryland DB Jalen Huskey

Gladstone clearly wasn’t on the same page as many draft pundits coming into this one, and if all works out, that’s ok. Huskey was projected by many to be a Day 3 pick, but the Jaguars added to their secondary with a player who made some big plays last year for the Terrapins.

Huskey has good length at 6-1, 196 pounds, and he handled significant snaps last year at safety and slot corner, so perhaps there’s some versatility there to work with. But his season was outstanding. He had four interceptions last year, seven in his last two seasons, and 11 in his last three. He had a 10.6% missed tackle rate, per Pro Football Focus, to go with 72 total tackles. Opposing passers had a 55.9 rating when throwing the ball his way.

This might not be a player who had much hype coming in, but the 2025 second-team All-Big Ten defender could surprise many.

Grade: B+

Overall class grade: B

It was a slow start to the night with a head-scratching pick of a TE2, but Gladstone and company got things going later, adding some quality rotational pieces, at minimum, in Round 3.