JACKSONVILLE – Love is in the air around the Jaguars.
And while General Manager James Gladstone and Head Coach Liam Coen have emphasized passion for football since joining the organization earlier this offseason, they showed how much it mattered during this past weekend’s 2025 NFL Draft.
It was an element that resonated through the entire draft class.
“These guys love ball, and that’s what we’re hunting up,” Gladstone said.
Gladstone has talked often since being hired in late February about wanting “intangibly rich” players, and multiple players in the Jaguars ’25 draft class were examples of how being about football first defines one of his go-to phrases.
“Tough resonates with all these guys, and guys that love football, that love the process … that drives the results,” Coen said.
One such player: Third-round selection Caleb Ransaw, a versatile safety selected with the No. 88 overall selection in the draft.
Caleb Ransaw trained at nickel, corner and safety at Tulane, but Green Wave spears/nickels coach Brayden Berezowitz this week said Ranshaw played nickel in 2024 although he knew his statistics there likely wouldn’t be as impressive as they would have been at safety or cornerback.
“He did whatever we needed for us to be successful,” Berezowitz said. “He sacrificed for us.”
Gladstone said he saw similar traits in multiple members of the Jaguars’ nine-member draft class, with fourth-round linebacker Jack Kiser playing safety at the Reese’s Senior Bowl despite playing exclusively linebacker at Notre Dame. Gladstone said sixth-round linebacker Jalen McLeod of Auburn also willingly played out of position at the game.