JACKSONVILLE – His confidence is high, with reason.

Trevor Lawrence isn't the only one who sees it, and the sixth-year veteran quarterback isn't the only one around the Jaguars pleased with his progress and approach as the 2026 offseason program approaches its end this week at the Miller Electric Center.

"It's just a lot calmer," Lawrence said.

Lawrence, entering his sixth season as the Jaguars' starting quarterback, spoke to the media this week – the final week of Jaguars 2026 Organized Team Activities. Head Coach Liam Coen also spoke to the media Monday, praising the progress Lawrence made over recent weeks in his second offseason working in Coen's offensive scheme.

"He has a very calm mind," Coen said. "I agree with that."

Lawrence, fifth in the NFL's Most Valuable Player voting in 2025, spent last offseason learning and honing fundamentals and footwork necessary to excel in Coen's offense. He also spent that time learning the offense, and the verbiage necessary to change plays at the line.

Quarterbacks coach Spencer Whipple called Lawrence's growth entering his second season in the system "significant."

"There's some continuity there, between him playing the position – and also the rest of the offense," Whipple said. "That's the great part about getting into Year 2. You're still working on some foundation things you implemented the year before, but now you can kind of take it to the next level, which he has.

"We're getting a little deeper into the weeds in terms of some of the defensive stuff, and the progressions. He has done a great job of that."

Lawrence, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft, turned in the best season of his career last season. He improved as the season continued and as he became more familiar with – ankd more comfortable in – Coen's system.

"He can kind of just go play," Coen said. "When we get into game planning, there's always going to be little tweaks and things that come up, but the meat and potatoes of the system, what we're hunting up, what we're looking for out of each play … He's able to just call a play, see it, visualize it, and then go and just play. Just go play.

Added Coen, "You're not thinking about your footwork. You're not thinking about what is my footwork on this drop or on this concept? What is the difference in some of those drops? We're still coaching it, but he's got such a grasp for it that you're hopeful that it allows him to just go be him and go be the best version of himself as we saw so much towards the back half of the last year and taking growth from that.

"We should only be taking a lot of growth from that time."

Lawrence, after throwing nine touchdowns with four rushing touchdowns and six interceptions in the first eight games last season, threw 20 touchdowns with five rushing touchdowns and six interceptions in the last nine games.

As the '26 offseason nears its end, Lawrence said he feels "lot more confident in my progressions and what I know about the system."

"When I get on the grass it's a lot less thinking," Lawrence said. "The biggest thing is I can react, play faster, can work on some different things of my game because the focus isn't as much on what to do and what's the play call and what are all the adjustments.

"I know all that stuff and still study that and work on it because it's easy to forget little details. But as far as being able to work on more detailed things with the receivers and the communication with those guys as opposed to just lining up and running the play, we're a lot further ahead this year so it's a good feeling to be able to work on more stuff.

"Our installs have been a lot more in depth as well because the guys have come ready to go and they know the system."

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• Lawrence on the offseason focus to create more big passing plays: "We had a lot of explosives [last season], but it wasn't in the same way as you would think – not as many shots down the field vertically. It was more across the field, in cuts. Maybe it's overs across the field hitting where these guys are running out the back door. We have the skillset. We have guys that can run past defensive backs. I can put the ball where I need to, where those guys can go get it, so I think it was more about spending the time and perfecting that. That's still a work in progress, but we made some big steps this offseason. There are just so many different things that we can do that'll open up our offense to where we're not predictable."