JACKSONVILLE – The right tone was set. The future is at hand.

A bold, aggressive future.

The Jaguars on Saturday evening wrapped their first draft of a new, forward-looking era – and as first-year General Manager James Gladstone saw it, it was in that sense a fitting and franchise-shaping three days.

"Jacked to be at the finish line, so to speak – but the work doesn't stop," Gladstone said.

The Jaguars over three days selected nine players in the 2025 NFL Draft – four on offense, four on defense and wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter. The idea entering the draft was to be bold – and to acquire intangibly-rich plays that fit a new organizational philosophy.

Mission accomplished.

"With every pick that was the priority," Head Coach Liam Coen said. "That was very clear. You look across the board at these guys, and you talk to the people that were in touch with them, whether it be the coaches, the personnel, their college coaches, their high school coaches …

"Tough resonates with all these guys, and guys that love football, that love the process that drives the results. So many captains out of this group and leaders and guys that have played a lot of snaps.

"So much of that was a part of this whole process."

It was the first draft for the Jaguars' key decision-making trio: General Manager James Gladstone, Head Coach Liam Coen and Executive Vice President of Football Operations Tony Boselli – with Gladstone running a draft for the first time after nine seasons with the Los Angeles Rams.

"It was really cool to see this guy work," Coen said of Gladstone. "This is his Super Bowl in a lot of ways. He was unbelievable. The communication, the resilience, the ability to move around this draft and navigate it the way he did and the way these guys communicated was really fun to watch.

"The work was done, and then he went and operated, and the staff went and operated at a high level, it was really cool to see."

The Jaguars, after entering the draft with 10 selections, selected nine players overall:

• Round 1, No. 2 overall: Travis Hunter, wide receiver/defensive back, Colorado.
• Round 3, No. 88 overall: Caleb Ransaw, defensive back, Tulane.
• Round 3, No. 89 overall: Wyatt Milum, offensive lineman, West Virginia.
• Round 4, No. 104 overall: Bhayshul Tuten, running back, Virginia Tech.
• Round 4, No. 107 overall: Jack Kiser, linebacker, Notre Dame.
• Round 6, No. 194 overall: Jalen McLeod, linebacker, Auburn.
• Round 6, No. 200 overall: Rayuan Lane III, safety, Navy.
• Round 7, No. 221 overall: Jonah Monheim, center, Southern California
• Round 7, No. 236 overall: LeQuint AllenJr., running back, Syracuse.

"The board always falls certain ways," Gladstone said. "You're not going to reach because of what might be a perceived need. So you are always going to take the players that you feel like are going to put the team in the best interest moving forward."

Trades also defined the three days, with the Jaguars executing three major deals:

• The Jaguars on Thursday traded No. 5 to the Cleveland Browns for the No. 2 selection, and also traded the No. 36 (Round 2) and No. 126 (Round 4) selections in the '25 draft – and their first-round selection in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Jaguars received from the Browns the Nos. 104 (Round 4) and 200 (Round 6) selections in the '25 draft.
• The Jaguars on Friday traded Nos. 70 (Round 3) and 182 (Round 4) overall in '25 and a 2026 sixth-round selection to the Detroit Lions for No.102 (Round 3) in '25, a "compensation" third-round selection in '26 and a "regular" '26 third-round selection.
• The Jaguars on Friday also traded Nos. 102 (Round 3) and 142 (Round 4) in the '25 draft to the Houston Texans for Nos. 89 and 236 in '25.

Only two of nine players selected over the last three days were obtained with the team's "original" selections, with a major focus throughout the draft on speed with players such as Hunter and Tuten among the draft's fastest players at their position.

The Jaguars also during March signed wide receiver Dyami Brown as an unrestricted free agent with the idea of increasing big-play ability around quarterback Trevor Lawrence.

"We've definitely addressed the ability to strike from a distance," Coen said. "You're looking to be as explosive as you can in both the run and the pass. I think that was definitely addressed in both pro free agency and the college draft landscape."

Gladstone throughout the draft emphasized the versatility of the class, and he discussed on Saturday a class that as a whole enters the NFL with extensive college experience. But if there was a theme he perhaps most emphasized, it centered on "the way that people talk about each of these players," which he called "Inspiring."

"It is something that has caught our attention along the way," he said. "I think bringing in competition is just a healthy thing for any football team. I look forward to this group integrating with what we currently have on-site.

"I think it's going to be a beautiful process here over the offseason window, and I look forward to finally getting the pads on when we get the chance to do so because there's nothing better than tackle football."