April 29 will mark the first day of the strangest of NFL marriages, when the perfect prospect and the imperfect franchise begin their journey together.
Trevor Lawrence has been on the NFL radar since his days at Cartersville (Ga.) High School. He’s 6' 6" but has the quickness and twitchy athleticism of a much smaller man. The ball spins off his hand with preternatural ease. Theoretically, he can run any offensive system an NFL coaching staff can dream up. And as far as the traits translating to production: He won a national title as a 19-year-old freshman at Clemson and left campus with a career record of 38–2. More than that, his distinctive long, shampoo-commercial-quality blond hair makes him the most recognizable prospect to enter the NFL in … perhaps ever.
And it is a foregone conclusion that he’ll be joining the league’s most anonymous team. The Jaguars, as a reward for their 15-game season-ending losing streak, will get to add a generational quarterback prospect to their roster. Lawrence will have a direct effect on the franchise, and vice versa, and the ripple effects of the marriage will be felt across the football world, from the taxpayers in Jacksonville to fans in London to the league offices in New York and the boardrooms of brands around the world.
This is what Trevor Lawrence, Jacksonville Jaguar, means to …
