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Jacksonville Jaguars' second overall pick, Travis Hunter.
The 2025 NFL Draft, held in Green Bay, Wisconsin, kicked off with the Tennessee Titans drafting stud quarterback Cam Ward number one overall.
This was followed by a jarring move by the Jacksonville Jaguars as they traded up to the number two overall pick to select Colorado superstar dual-sided threat Travis Hunter. This would be the first Heisman winner ever drafted by the Jaguars.
Teams filled needs all around including the hometown hosts of the draft, Green Bay Packers, who give their young star quarterback, Jordan Love, a fresh weapon at wide receiver with Mathew Golden from Texas.
Past Atlantic Coast Stingray, Pat Bryant, was selected in round three to the Denver Broncos, becoming the first ever Atlantic Coast football player selected in the NFL Draft.
Bryant allotted 128 receptions for 2,261 receiving yards during his time as a Stingray.
What had dismayed sports fans was the plummeting status of Shedeur Sanders, however.
Sanders was projected by almost every sports media outlet to be a first round pick but ended up being selected in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns, who even more surprisingly selected a quarterback before Sanders in the third round.
Sanders’ draft plummet sparked several storylines including a prank call involving the son of Atlanta Falcons Defensive Coordinator who got a hold of Sanders’ number.
Jax Ulbrich and a friend called Sanders to tell him he was getting drafted by the New Orleans Saints and he would have to “wait a little bit”.
The Falcons organization and Ulbrich released apologies on social media about the call after both Sanders and the callers point of views got released to the public.
In more lighthearted news, Jack Bech, brother of Tiger Bech, who was a victim in the Bourbon Street terrorist attacks earlier this year was selected in the 2nd round to the Las Vegas Raiders.
This year’s NFL Draft marks high end standards for all 32 teams including the hometown Jaguars who are looking to make noise with their new star Hunter. Next on the NFL schedule is the highly anticipated schedule release coming May 14th.