{"id":850561,"date":"2026-04-03T03:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850561\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:10:21","slug":"liam-coen-singles-out-caleb-ransaw-as-jaguars-player-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850561\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Coen singles out Caleb Ransaw as Jaguars player to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 2, 2026, 2:05 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> have a lot of players to be excited about in 2026: Trevor Lawrence, Travis Hunter, <a href=\"http:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/04\/01\/liam-coen-ventrell-miller-jaguars-starting-linebacker-job-without-devin-lloyd\/89416553007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ventrell Miller<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/03\/31\/nfl-free-agency-why-liam-coen-jaguars-sign-chris-rodriguez\/89411168007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Rodriguez<\/a>, just to name a few. But head coach Liam Coen&#8217;s pick for the player he&#8217;s most excited to see next season might be a bit of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During annual league meetings in Phoenix, Coen mentioned safety Caleb Ransaw as an exciting prospect for him. Ransaw was taken in the 2025 NFL draft in the third round, after Travis Hunter and Coen clearly had a hand in taking him.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-6Dgvb1l60E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"Jaguars HC Liam Coen Talks Travis Hunter, Draft and More From Owners Meetings\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-6Dgvb1l60E\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I was very much a fan of Caleb when we drafted him,&#8221; Coen said. &#8220;My relationship with Jon Sumrall was a huge part of that, obviously,\u00a0and how much he liked Caleb.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sumrall coached Ransaw at Tulane in 2024, when Ransaw had a major breakout season. He was a productive and versatile player who clearly made a big impression on Coen. But unfortunately, his rookie career was over before it was even able to get started, due to a foot injury during training camp that needed surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So far, Coen said he&#8217;s recovering well.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;He&#8217;s been working out a ton with strength and conditioning,\u00a0with athletic training,&#8221; he said of Ransaw. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t been able to see him, but they say he looks good.He&#8217;s running around pain-free and really moving around well.\u00a0He&#8217;s gotten stronger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He then pointed to Ransaw as someone he&#8217;s excited to see in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a nice thing where you&#8217;ve got Antonio Johnson who ascended towards the end of season, Eric Murray coming back, Rayuan Lane another year and then you&#8217;re like, well, shoot, Caleb,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Who knows what that could look like? We&#8217;re just excited to see what it could be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Safety is a <a href=\"http:\/\/jaguarswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/jaguars\/2026\/03\/25\/nfl-free-agency-evaluating-safety-position-jaguars\/89312496007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">solid position<\/a> for Jacksonville headed into 2026, and while Ransaw likely won&#8217;t take any snaps away from Johnson or Murray, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/jacksonville-jaguars\/365\" data-autotag=\"0e187629-debe-49e8-9e02-83bd36ad3fcc\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jaguars<\/a> are clearly excited to see what he is capable of. Anthony Campanile used a lot of three-safety schemes last season, so the third slot could be his if he impresses in training camp this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 2, 2026, 2:05 p.m. ET The Jacksonville Jaguars have a lot of players to be excited about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[95878,7,212,125,2401,213,6,31186,95933,95882,98259,95936,95935,95906,95883,98258,95934,100283,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-850561","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-tagjacksonville-jaguars","20":"tag-tagliam-coen","21":"tag-tagoverall-positive","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-tagtravis-hunter","24":"tag-tagtrevor-lawrence","25":"tag-tagventrell-miller","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116338584763538310","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850561","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=850561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}