JACKSONVILLE \u2013 Offensive skill remained a priority Saturday.<\/p>\n
The backfield remained important, too.<\/p>\n
LeQuint Allen<\/a>, a running back from Syracuse University on Saturday was selected by the Jaguars No. 236 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft<\/a> \u2013 the 20th selection of Round 7.<\/p>\n Allen, who played three seasons at Syracuse, was a second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection in 2023. He rushed for 2,359 yards and 26 touchdowns in three seasons, including 1,021 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2024.<\/p>\n He also caught 119 passes for 848 yards and six touchdowns in three seasons.<\/p>\n Allen became the fifth player from Syracuse selected by the Jaguars in the NFL Draft, the first since safety Andre Cisco (Round 3) in 2021.<\/p>\n The Jaguars on Thursday selected: Colorado wide receiver\/defensive back Travis Hunter<\/a> No. 2 overall (Round 1).<\/p>\n The Jaguars on Friday selected: Tulane defensive back Caleb Ransaw<\/a> No. 88 overall (Round 3) and West Virginia offensive lineman Wyatt Milum<\/a> No. 89 overall (Round 3). They did not have a second-round selection, having traded that to the Cleveland Browns as part of a deal to move up to No. 2 from No. 5 overall to select Hunter.<\/p>\n The Jaguars on Saturday selected: Virginia Tech running back Bhayshul Tuten<\/a> (No. 104 overall, Round 4) and Notre Dame linebacker Jack Kiser<\/a> (No. 107 overall, Round 4) Auburn linebacker Jalen McLeod<\/a> (No. 194 overall, Round 6), Navy safety Rayuan Lane III<\/a> (No. 200 overall, Round 6) and Southern California center Jonah Monheim<\/a> (No. 221 overall, Round 7).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE \u2013 Offensive skill remained a priority Saturday. The backfield remained important, too. LeQuint Allen, a running back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[7,130,212,125,2401,213,134,132,131,133,6,1918],"class_list":{"0":"post-3835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-front-page-headline","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-john-oehser","15":"tag-news-2025-draft","16":"tag-news-front-page-headline","17":"tag-news-jaguars-news","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-sponsor-dream-finders-homes"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114409140660814193","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}