Anton Harrison Still Lands With Jaguars in 2023 Re-Draft

There is zero doubt inside of EverBank Stadium that the Jacksonville Jaguars hit a homerun with 2023 first-round pick Anton Harrison. 

There is also little doubt that Harrison, last year's fourth offensive tackle off the board and No. 27 overall pick, is a bit underrated. 

This was even more evidenced by the latest re-draft of the 2023 draft from ESPN, which had the Jaguars picking at their original spot of No. 24. In this scenario, Harrison is still the fourth tackle off the board and still lands in Jacksonville.

"The Jaguars needed a replacement for right tackle Jawaan Taylor, who signed with the Chiefs, and because left tackle Cam Robinson was going to be suspended for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy. In the real draft, they were able to trade down twice and still get their guy. In this re-draft, they can stick with Harrison, who played every offensive snap despite battling a shoulder issue all season. He steadily improved after struggling early," ESPN wrote.

Harrison had the lowest pressure rate of any rookie offensive tackle in 2023 after playing the most pass-protection snaps of any rookie tackle in football in the last two seasons. Of all offensive tackles over the last two seasons with at least 700 pass-protection snaps, Harrison's 27 pressures are the second-fewest behind Brian O'Neil in 2022. 

"But as far as Anton’s ability to play right or left, this year what he did as a rookie. Coming into the National Football League and going up mano-mano on some of the best pass rushers, a gauntlet of pass rushers throughout the course of the year; you look at the pressure rate that he gave up and a guy that wasn’t given a lot of help in terms of chips and double teams and protection," Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke said last month.

"You got to be nothing but proud of how he handled himself as a rookie. He’s only going to get better, there’s another young guy that really loves the game, loves to work and loves to compete. We expect great things from him. Do we feel like he can play left? Absolutely we do.”