Since the Jaguars finished the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, it was a foregone conclusion that the club will use that pick on Clemson’s quarterback. Trevor lawrence, a potentially generational talent. If you wanted even more evidence that Jacksonville will make Lawrence the first player to hear his name when the draft begins on April 29, you have it.
Lawrence underwent surgery on his left shoulder (not pitching) yesterday, but to show his skills before going under the knife, he had a pro day early last Friday. And as John Reid of the Florida Times-Union, the Jaguars’ new head coach, writes Urban meyer It was essential to achieve that professional day.
When he heard a little over a week ago that Lawrence would need surgery, Meyer said he had several phone calls with his future quarterback. “We made a Zoom call with him and I asked him: There are three options you have. No. 1, you can wait until March 11 Pro Day, but now it’s getting closer to August [for a recovery time], “ Meyer said. “That is getting late because it is a five-month recovery. It’s a six month injury. The second thing, it cannot be launched ”.
Although Lawrence really had nothing to prove, he didn’t like the second option. He wanted to showcase it, but he agreed with Meyer that waiting until career day on March 11, which would mean postponing his surgery until sometime after March 11, would take his recovery too far in the summer. So, as Meyer related, “I said, why don’t you grab the ball and throw a little bit? I’d like to send our aerial game coordinator and coordinator to see. They have never seen it. I’ve seen him, so he said, ‘Let’s go.’
Unsurprisingly, Lawrence was brilliant in his professional day, so even if the Jaguars had any questions about his abilities, probably not now. Along with Meyer, offensive coordinator Darrell bevell and aerial game coordinator Brian Schottenheimer were present. Jacksonville is probably still a year or two away from the playoff contest, but the expectation is that having Lawrence at center will speed up the rebuilding of the team quite a bit.
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