Gladstone spent <\/a>nine years with the Rams (2016-2024) while Coen spent four seasons (2018-2020, 2022) with the franchise. During their time with the Rams, the Rams’ history of their first selection spoke for itself. <\/p>\nYear<\/p>\n
Rams First Pick<\/p>\n
Player<\/p>\n
2016<\/p>\n
No. 1<\/p>\n
QB Jared Goff<\/p>\n
2017<\/p>\n
No. 44<\/p>\n
TE Gerald Everett<\/p>\n
2018<\/p>\n
No. 89<\/p>\n
OT Joseph Noteboom<\/p>\n
2019<\/p>\n
No. 61<\/p>\n
DB Taylor Rapp<\/p>\n
2020<\/p>\n
No. 52<\/p>\n
RB Cam Akers<\/p>\n
2021<\/p>\n
No. 57<\/p>\n
WR Tutu Atwell<\/p>\n
2022<\/p>\n
No. 104<\/p>\n
OL Logan Bruss<\/p>\n
2023<\/p>\n
No. 36<\/p>\n
OL Steve Avila<\/p>\n
2024<\/p>\n
No. 19<\/p>\n
EDGE Jared Verse<\/p>\n
“Liam has been through it before,” Gladstone said with a smile on Thursday, harking back to their days with the Rams when they often did not have first-round picks,\n<\/p>\n
“There is no doubt about it. We have waited longer … 104 was our first pick. We get to cut that in half a little bit. We have two weeks, one day, till our pick from now? That kind of thing.”<\/p>\n
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Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone talks about the process of making a list of who they want to draft and how that changes if another team picks their pick during the Jaguars\u2019 annual pre-draft luncheon press conference in the media room at the Miller Electric Center Thursday April 9, 2026 in Jacksonville Fla. [Doug Engle\/Florida Times-Union] | Doug Engle\/Florida Times-Union \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n
When looking at it this way, No. 56 is actually relatively early for both Coen and Gladstone. Last year’s instance of picking No. 2 seems to be the outlier here, not the fact that the Jaguars have to wait until pick No. 56.<\/p>\n
And when looking at several of those non-first round picks the Rams made while Gladstone and Coen were there, that feels like solid enough proof the Jaguars have little concern about their draft slot. It might make for an eventful start to Day 2, but otherwise the Jaguars seem content and comfortable for a team that is not set to pick until No. 56. <\/p>\n
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Mar 30, 2026; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone during the 2026 NFL Annual League Meeting at the Arizona Biltmore. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
That is, of course, as long as the Jaguars do end up picking at No. 56. With the way James Gladstone is able to pull off trades at a high clip, it certainly would not be a shock to see the Jaguars make some kind of move up or down the board.<\/p>\n
“You\u2019re always going to stay agile. You’re never bored. You’re always thinking through what we might be able to do. I think that mental gymnastics certainly is an engaging element regardless of where your first pick point is,” Gladstone said. <\/p>\n
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Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone speaks during a press conference at the Miller Electric Center, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla. | Corey Perrine\/Florida Times-Union \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n
The Jaguars might have to wait until halfway through Friday night to find out who their new top pick is, but do not expect for the Jaguars to care much about that fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Will it be a long wait until the Jacksonville Jaguars pick at No. 56 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2060],"tags":[7,212,125,2401,213,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-863304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","11":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","12":"tag-jaguars","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116381628367980710","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863304","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=863304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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