Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer beamed with excitement when speaking about former Clemson running back Travis Etienne, selected with the team’s second first-round pick, reunited with quarterback Trevor Lawrence.
Lawrence and Etienne became the first same-school combination the team has selected in rounds one and two since Marcedes Lewis and Maurice Jones-Drew in 2006.
In nearly every press conference since he became the team’s head coach, Meyer spoke about the team’s need for speed, players who could explode down the field and give the team something they didn’t have last season.
While Etienne is a running back on paper, it was his receiving ability that granted him an edge to be selected, a player Meyer feels is just as good outside as a receiver as he is a running back.