Feb. 13, 2026, 1:12 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Two of the best NFL draft analysts in the business, Daniel Jeremiah and Jordan Reid, have some good news for the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>.<\/p>\n Addressing cornerback and edge rusher are likely two items fairly high up on GM James Gladstone’s offseason to-do list, and this year’s draft class has a lot of talent at those positions.<\/p>\n On the edge rusher position, Jeremiah had this to say<\/a>: “If you need an edge rusher, this is a good draft to double up. The depth of the class is impressive. I’ve got 10 guys worthy of a spot in top 50 players. There’s another layer of traitsy players beyond that group.”<\/p>\n The Jaguars<\/a> are positioned well here with Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker, but depth is a need. Beyond those two, the only other defensive ends under contract as of now are Danny Striggow and BJ Green.<\/p>\n Jacksonville could also use more steady pass-rush production from the rotational members of their defensive front.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Here are the top 10 defensive ends in this year’s draft from Mel Kiper’s big board<\/a>:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Rueben Bain Jr<\/a>., Miami (Fla.)2.\u00a0Keldric Faulk<\/a>, Auburn3.\u00a0Zion Young<\/a>, Missouri4.\u00a0Akheem Mesidor<\/a>, Miami (Fla.)5.\u00a0Dani Dennis-Sutton<\/a>, Penn State6.\u00a0Caden Curry<\/a>, Ohio State7.\u00a0LT Overton<\/a>, Alabama8.\u00a0Jack Pyburn<\/a>, LSU9.\u00a0Max Llewellyn<\/a>, Iowa10.\u00a0Vincent Anthony Jr<\/a>., Duke<\/p>\n Reid then had this to say<\/a> about the cornerback and safety positions: “This is a fantastic DB class. I have a huge cluster of 2nd and 3rd round grades at both safety and CB right now. The testing and on-field drills will be fun to watch at the Combine. Interested to see who separates from the group.”<\/p>\n At cornerback, the Jaguars still have Jourdan Lewis, Jarrian Jones, and Travis Hunter, but Montaric Brown and Greg Newsome are free agents.<\/p>\n The level of need that Jacksonville has at this position will be dependent on what happens in free agency with Brown and Newsome, or whether an outside addition is made.<\/p>\n Safety is less of a need, but perhaps is still a position that Gladstone could add to. Andrew Wingard is set to be a free agent, but on the roster are Eric Murray, Antonio Johnson, Caleb Ransaw, and Rayuan Lane.<\/p>\n Here are Kiper’s top cornerbacks in this year’s draft:<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0Jermod McCoy<\/a>, Tennessee2.\u00a0Mansoor Delane<\/a>, LSU3.\u00a0Avieon Terrell<\/a>, Clemson4.\u00a0Brandon Cisse<\/a>, South Carolina5.\u00a0Colton Hood<\/a>, Tennessee6.\u00a0D’Angelo Ponds<\/a>, Indiana7.\u00a0Chris Johnson<\/a>, San Diego State8.\u00a0Julian Neal<\/a>, Arkansas9.\u00a0Chandler Rivers<\/a>, Duke10.\u00a0Keionte Scott<\/a>, Miami (Fla.)<\/p>\n The Jaguars do not have a first-round pick this year, but Jacksonville owns 11 picks in total, including four in the top 100. So the opportunity to address both edge rusher and cornerback with early-round picks does exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 1:12 p.m. ET Two of the best NFL draft analysts in the business, Daniel Jeremiah…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,98259,95930,96047,96044,95936,96081,95896,95888,95895,95906,96948,95883,97961,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-750703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnfljaguars","16":"tag-sstsnjaguars","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagantonio-johnson","19":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","20":"tag-tageric-murray","21":"tag-taggreg-newsome-ii","22":"tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","23":"tag-tagjosh-hines-allen","24":"tag-tagnational-sports","25":"tag-tagnfl","26":"tag-tagnfl-hub","27":"tag-tagoverall-positive","28":"tag-tagpenn-state-nittany-lions","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-tagtravon-walker","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116066903883212839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750703","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=750703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}