Jacksonville Jaguars Fantasy Football Team Preview For 2026

The Jaguars entered the 2025 season coming off a rough 4-13 campaign that featured Trevor Lawrence put up some of his worst numbers since his nightmare rookie campaign.

And then something funny happened: New HC Liam Coen, some shiny new offensive weapons, and one of the league's most opportunistic defenses helped this squad eat 13 Ws—most since 1999!—as well as just their third AFC South title of the 21st century.

2026 Fantasy Football Team Preview For The Jacksonville Jaguars

Sadly, the clock struck midnight on this Cinderella story against Josh Allen and the Bills in the Wild Card round, but the front office made a number of big moves to potentially make the 2026 version of this team even better:

Longtime starting RB Travis Etienne took his talents to New Orleans in free agency, leading to the team signing ex-Commanders RB Chris Rodriguez, who posted a 225-1,379-9 rushing line with Coen directing the Kentucky Wildcats offense back in 2021.
The defense did take a few hits in free agency: Starting LB Devin Lloyd (Panthers), CB Greg Newsome (Giants) and S Andrew Wingard (Cardinals) all went elsewhere in free agency, meaning several young'ns—looking at you, Travis Hunter—could be asked to play bigger roles on the defensive side of the ball in 2026.
While GM James Gladstone didn't have a first-round pick due to the 2025 Travis Hunter trade, they did boast four top-100 picks and landed four key contributors in Texas A&M TE Nate Boerkircher (2.56), Texas A&M DT Albert Regis (3.81), Oregon G Emmanuel Prenon (3.88) and Maryland S Jalen Huskey (3.100).

What follows is a fantasy-focused team preview of the Jacksonville Jaguars ahead of the 2026 season. Make sure to check out Fantasy Life's rankings hub for updated player ranks all year long.

As always: It's a great day to be great.

Was 2025 just the beginning of Trevor Lawrence's coronation as an elite fantasy QB?

QB1: Trevor Lawrence (QB9 )
QB2: Nick Mullens
QB3: Carter Bradley

Trevor Lawrence struggled during the first half of 2025, but caught fire late and averaged a whopping 23 fantasy points per game following the team's Week 9 bye–the highest mark among any QB! Of course, a whopping 9 rushing touchdowns helped T-Law's cause—he averaged just 3.5 scores on the ground during his first four professional seasons.

That's where the big concern is: Lawrence didn't really make that big of a leap as a passer this season in most metrics other than touchdown rate (career-high 5.2%). The leap in fantasy land was actually a bit similar to 2025 Patrick Mahomes in that the additional fantasy points were almost entirely due to the extra rushing production.

The schedule down the stretch was also a bit Saints-esque. Kudos to T-Law for putting his best foot forward regardless of the opponent, and his 270-3-0 boom in Denver was AWESOME, but otherwise from Week 12-18 we're talking about facing the Colts (x2, 17th in EPA per dropback), Cardinals (26th), Titans (x2, 29th) and Jets (32nd).

Is Trevor Lawrence now a top-5 QB?

Is it Bhayshul Tuten RB1 szn?

RB1: Bhayshul Tuten (RB25 in Fantasy Life ranks)
RB2: Chris Rodriguez (RB44)
RB3: LeQuint Allen
RB4: Ameer Abdullah

Many fantasy nerds and virgins were hoping that Bhayshul Tuten would yank away the starting job from Travis Etienne in Year 1, but that simply never wound up being the case. Now, injuries in Week 11 (ankle) and Week 15 (hand/finger) didn't help Tuten's case, but the Virginia Tech product also didn't exactly make the most out of his opportunities on the ground (3.7 yards per carry).

That said: Lifting up the hood a bit on Tuten's season reveals more reason for optimism.

Bhayshul Tuten among 55 RBs with 75+ carries in 2025 (including playoffs):

Rushing success rate: 48.3% (3rd)
Yards after contact per carry: 3.3 (12th)
Tackles avoided per carry: 21.8% (10th)

He also proved to be a capable pass catcher, turning 14 targets into a season-long 10-79-2 receiving line. While the explosive plays were lacking, it sure looks like Tuten is shot out of a cannon every time he touches the ball. After all, the man ran a 4.32-second 40-yard dash at the combine. Small sample size is probably the main story here.

Tuten is a sleeper RB to target

Who is the best pick at cost in this crowded WR room?

WR1: Brian Thomas Jr. (WR34 in Fantasy Life ranks)
WR2: Parker Washington (WR35)
WR3: Jakobi Meyers (WR42)
WR4: Travis Hunter (WR61)
WR5: CJ Williams
WR6: Josh Cameron

Ultimately, in crowded situations like these I've typically leaned toward just taking the cheapest involved talent—and that is Hunter ahead of 2026. Not to suggest BTJ, Washington and Meyers are bad picks at cost, but fairly even target distribution feels likely, and I've usually been more willing to click the high-end QBs/last crop of potentially useful running backs at that stage in drafts.

Will there be a clear lead WR for the Jaguars?

Is Brenton Strange low-key a great late-round TE dart?

TE1: Brenton Strange (TE21)
TE2: Nate Boerkircher
TE3: Tanner Koziol
TE4: Quintin Morris

Well, the Jaguars suddenly have 48 million reasons to make sure they keep Mr. Strange plenty involved in the game plan. That's good for the seventh-highest contract value of any player at the position, although the presence of Cole Kmet and Pat Freiermuth in that group reflects the reality that money doesn't always equal fantasy points at tight end.

Still, Strange averaged 11.1 PPR points per game (TE12) in Weeks 12-18 upon returning from a hip/quad injury. The former second-round pick is a twitchy athlete for a man his size and has put together some quality underlying receiving metrics during his two seasons as the Jaguars' starting tight end:

Strange is a TE to target late in drafts

Predictions for the 2026 Jacksonville Jaguars

Win total prediction: The Jaguars boast a 9.5 win total on DraftKings at the moment with a +140 juice on the over AKA there's at least some skepticism about this group repeating their 2025 heroics. And honestly, I get it: Two of their top qualities last season, success in one-score games (6-3) and turnovers on defense (31, 2nd most in the NFL), tend to be awfully volatile year-over-year. Throw in a lack of key additions from both the draft and free agency, and I'm going to take under 9.5 wins for a team that might still be a year away from being a real problem in the AFC.

Bold fantasy call: Travis Hunter winds up seeing plenty of snaps on offense and makes the Jaguars look smart as hell for trading up for him in the first place; he turns 97 targets into 920 yards, 8 touchdowns, and a borderline WR2 finish in PPR points per game.

Last season predictions: OVER 7.5 wins (hell yeah, brother), and Travis Hunter looks every bit like the two-way superstar he was drafted to be … but fails to supply top-36 fantasy numbers due to fewer routes than expected (maybe things were about to change post-bye, but Hunter worked as just the WR50 in PPR points per game on the season).