3 Miami prospects Jaguars must keep an eye on ahead of 2021 NFL Draft

The Jacksonville Jaguars could use another pass-rusher.

Jaguars defensive end Josh Allen was limited to eight games last year but should be fully healthy now. Also, there’s K’Lavon Chaisson, who displayed flashes of pass-rushing prowess towards the end of the 2020 season. However, Jacksonville could use another pass rusher. Enter Gregory Rousseau.

A three-star recruit out of high school, the 6-foot-7 defensive end logged five tackles in his first two games for the Hurricanes in 2018. However, he also suffered an ankle injury that cut his season short. It didn’t matter though, he picked up where he left off and went on to have a dominating 2019 campaign, logging 54 total tackles, 19.5 tackles for a loss, and 15.5 total sacks. That was the last year of college football the Florida native played, as he opted out of the 2020 season.

Draft analyst Chad Reuter of NFL Media believes that Rousseau compares favorably to 2019 first-round pick Montez Sweat, who has become a key cog on the Washington Football Team’s defense. On Miami’s Pro Day, he posted a 4.69 40-dash time and posted a 30-inch vertical jump and a broad jump of 9 feet, 7 inches.

Nobody will deny Rousseau has the elite physical traits and the potential to turn into a terrific EDGE defender in the NFL. However, he’s still raw and needs to bulk up and work on his pass-rush moves. His 15.5 sacks in 20219 weren’t a fluke, but the Jaguars would need to bring him along slowly, which is not what you want from a first-round pick. Nevertheless, Rousseau remains an interesting prospect.