Welcome back to the summer 2025 iteration of the Jacksonville Jaguars state of the roster.
As the entire NFL has seen in the past few weeks, the Jaguars are operating on a whole different level than the one people are used to. This is not the same old, same old under the previous regime(s).
Each week, we will take a detailed look at every Jags position group which have mostly all been retooled under the James Gladstone front office and Liam Coen coaching style.
The simplest group of them all is the quarterback room. There is one quarterback in Duval County that matters. And his name is Trevor Lawrence.
Trevor Lawrence
Contract: First year of a 5-year, $275,000,000 contract.
Age: 25 (26 in October).
Games Played: 60 games over 4 seasons.
Stats: 13,815 yards passing, 4th all-time in Jags history. 1-1 in playoffs. 89 passing TDs, 54 INTs.
Notes:
Everyone and anyone has an opinion on Trevor Lawrence. That is what happens when you are one of the best modern era college quarterbacks who gets drafted No. 1 overall and is billed as the next coming of Jesus on the football field (literally because of the hair and metaphorically because of his skills, of course).
Has Lawrence lived up to the unbelievable hype set in front of him? Not really. Are there 1,001 reasons why he hasn’t been given the infrastructure to succeed to the best of his abilities? Absolutely.
This season will be a huge year for Lawrence in the first year of his mega contract, and with a new team and staff around him. Currently, Lawrence is the fifth-highest-paid quarterback in the league, which you obviously will hear negativity on. But at the end of the day, it’s Trevor freaking Lawrence, man.
A key for Lawrence this year will be figuring out who is his safety blanket on third down situations without tight end Evan Engram. Engram and Lawrence clearly had a strong connection, like the one he had with Marvin Jones Jr. and with Christian Kirk. We know he wants Brian Thomas Jr. involved and there will be plenty of action for Travis Hunter, but there will need to be someone to step up to help Lawrence when things go awry.
This team has invested in the offensive line, has two starting caliber running backs along with a tool shed of running back weapons, a pair of number one receivers and an emerging tight end.
This season has the makings of where we will finally see Lawrence unlocked and playing to his full potential. And at the very least, the guy is only 25 years old. It isn’t like he has been in the NFL for 10 years yet. There are plenty of good things to come from our golden-haired god.
Nick Mullens
Contract: First year of a 2-year, $4,500,000 deal.
Age: 30 (31 in March).
Games Played: 33 across 7 seasons.
Stats: 6,429 career passing yards. 10 starts for 49ers in 2020. Career QBR of 88.3.
Notes:
Admittedly, I had to Google this one. In doing so, I learned that former Jaguars backup quarterback Mac Jones is ninth all-time in Jags passing yards. I really don’t know how to feel about that.
Anyway, Nick Mullens in the new QB2 in Jacksonville and he certainly isn’t a bad option. He has been in the league a decently long time and has had decent success. He has played for two excellent quarterback-friendly teams in San Francisco and Minnesota so maybe he has a thing or two to teach Lawrence that could help unlock some random part of his game.
Mullens is likely an improvement over Jones if he is ever needed. He boasts an 88.3 career quarterback rating and completes passes at almost 66%.
He is a solid pickup. As with any backup quarterback, though, let’s hope we only see him kneeling out games.
John Wolford
Contract: 1 year, $1,170,00 deal.
Age: 29 (30 in October).
Games Played: 7
Stats:
Notes:
John Wolford is also on this team! He played for Jacksonville high school Bishop Kenny, then the Rams for a few years as a career backup, and is now the third-stringer back where he got his football start. Wolford too played for a very quarterback-friendly organization in Los Angeles and learned under both Sean McVay and Matthew Stafford. He was even a backup for Coen in Tampa Bay this past season.
Wolford’s biggest strength for this team is that dude is extremely bright. If you have never read his own op-eds on daily prep, I would extremely encourage it.
Here is one with the Athletic, and one on his own. The guy clearly knows at least how to be an NFL quarterback.
If Wolford is in the game for Jacksonville this season, though, we are likely in trouble. Here’s to hoping we don’t ever have to cross that bridge. Wolford is a Super Bowl champion, so the Jags can say they have a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. That’s fun!
John Wolford played with Liam Coen in Tampa and LA. Now in Jacksonville.
“There’s something that’s hard to pinpoint and describe about a playcaller that gets in a rhythm and he gets in a rhythm a lot.” -John Wolford on Liam Coen #DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/9D0uyeYZnU
— Jamal St. Cyr (@JStCyrTV) May 27, 2025
Seth Henigan
Contract: 3 years, $2,985,000.
Age: 22 (23 in March).
Games Played: N/A
Stats: 104 touchdown passes to 34 interceptions. 34-16 record at Memphis.
Notes:
The Jags picked up Seth Henigan as a UDFA out of Memphis. In 2021, Henigan actually became the first true freshman at Memphis to start a season opener, and through 50 games, he amassed over 14,000 yards passing. He is the all-time touchdown leader at Memphis and threw touchdowns in 41 straight games at one point. The kid can play football, and he very well might do it in Jacksonville as the third stringer.
He will battle it out with Wolford for that final roster spot and he might just win it. He is younger and a raw talent. Jon Gruden really likes him, and Coen, in his own words, has grown to really like Hennigan.
He was never a big recruit, did a lot of good at a smaller notable school, and went undrafted. This is a guy who will fight for his right to be on an NFL roster and he might just make it after all.
What are your thoughts on the QB position entering 2025? Let us know in the comments below!