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Jacksonville Jaguars: What might happen on Draft Night

By David Levin

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: A general view of video board signage during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: A general view of video board signage during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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WINSTON SALEM, NC – SEPTEMBER 30: Jessie Bates III #3 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons tries to stop Cam Akers #3 of the Florida State Seminoles during their game at BB&T Field on September 30, 2017, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
WINSTON SALEM, NC – SEPTEMBER 30: Jessie Bates III #3 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons tries to stop Cam Akers #3 of the Florida State Seminoles during their game at BB&T Field on September 30, 2017, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Cam Akers Gets The Call

I remember this conversation like it was yesterday. A member of the FSU athletic association, and ESPN writer and I debated whether Leonard Fournette or Dalvin Cook would be a better selection for the Jaguars in 2017. We all know how that worked out.

At some point, the Jacksonville Jaguars will need to decide what to do with Fournette. It doesn’t look like they’re going to pick up his fifth-year option so they must prepare for the future. Cam Akers might be the best replacement for him.

There are plenty of similarities between Akers and Cook. Cook is already a game-changing running back in the NFL. His FSU counterpart has the chance to do the same thing. I would not be surprised if he was drafted late in the second round by the Jacksonville Jaguars if he is still on the board.

That would mean the team would have to trade it back into the round to grab him. Making the selection all the guarantees that Fournette is playing his last season in Jacksonville.

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