{"id":868477,"date":"2026-04-17T15:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/868477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:27:38","slug":"previewing-jaguars-interior-offensive-line-ahead-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/868477\/","title":{"rendered":"Previewing Jaguars interior offensive line ahead of 2026 NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the 2026 NFL draft near, we will be taking a position-by-position look at where things stand with the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The draft will take place from Apr. 23-25. Although the\u00a0Jaguars\u00a0are without a first-round pick, GM James Gladstone does have 11 picks in total to work with — tied for the second-most in the NFL.<\/p>\n

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He also has four selections in the top 100, giving him the ability to still address key needs and the flexibility to let the board dictate what he does or move around as he sees fit.<\/p>\n

Up next in our preview is the interior offensive line unit. If you missed our other previews, you can find them below.<\/p>\n

Jaguars’\u00a0interior offensive linemen under contract before 2026 NFL draftJaguars’ offseason moves along the interior offensive line<\/p>\n

No departures or additions took place for the\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What is the need along the interior offensive line for the Jaguars in the NFL draft?<\/p>\n

The Jaguars had no roster turnover along the offensive line this offseason. However, for a team that stresses competition up front, I can’t rule out an addition here either, as Jacksonville looks to be more effective in the run game this season. Also, looking ahead to 2027, Jacksonville could move on at that point from Mekari and\/or Hainsey by getting out of their contracts with a good amount of salary cap savings. Cleveland<\/a> is also set to be a free agent.<\/p>\n

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Top interior offensive line prospects in the 2026 NFL draft<\/p>\n

With help from the\u00a0consensus big board<\/a>, here are the top interior offensive line prospects in this year’s draft class.<\/p>\n

16. Olaivavega Ioane, Penn State<\/p>\n

40. Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M<\/p>\n

41. Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon<\/p>\n

57. Keylan Rutledge, Georgia Tech<\/p>\n

81. Sam Hecht, Kansas State<\/p>\n

103. Jalen Farmer, Kentucky<\/p>\n

104. Jake Slaughter, Florida<\/p>\n

128. Billy Schrauth, Notre Dame<\/p>\n

161. Keagan Trost, Missouri<\/p>\n

168. Jeremiah Wright, Auburn<\/p>\n

169. Jager Burton, Kentucky<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Why Jaguars could address interior offensive line unit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2026 NFL draft near, we will be taking a position-by-position look at where things stand with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,85,8475,7,125,2775,6,15,1482,22842,5417,5418,765],"class_list":{"0":"post-868477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cooper-hodges","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","13":"tag-jonah-monheim","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-nfl-draft","16":"tag-offensive-line","17":"tag-parker-brailsford","18":"tag-patrick-mekari","19":"tag-robert-hainsey","20":"tag-wyatt-milum"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116420755057934871","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868477","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=868477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}