2024 NFL Draft: Daniel Jeremiah Doesn't Envision Jaguars Trading Up For Rome Odunze

With just a week to go until the 2024 NFL Draft, rumors are about to be flying in every direction possible. And for the Jacksonville Jaguars, those rumors will likely focus on a blockbuster trade-up for a wide receiver.

The Jaguars have been frequently linked in mock drafts as a team that could move into the top-10 to select a No. 1 wide receiver such as LSU's Malik Nabers or Washington's Rome Odunze. With Trevor Lawrence entering a career year and AFC South rivals loading up on alpha wide receivers, it makes sense to theorize that the Jaguars would want to do the same.

But for NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah, it is hard to imagine the Jaguars making that kind of move.

"It's interesting. So if you're looking at the Jags and their collection here, they've got a couple 4s. They've got their 2 and their 3 there. If they were going to move up -- I don't have the chart in front of me. It's going to be decently costly to go all the way up there to get Rome Odunze," Jeremiah said in a conference call on Wednesday.

"I don't know if I see that happening quite as much. When I look at some other areas they can address on their team, especially with the corner spot, I think it would be more -- more along the lines of them maybe trading up a few spots with a team like New Orleans to get in front of Indy, to get up in that range, maybe, to take a corner. I think that makes more sense to make a small move and go up there, if Terrion Arnold is or if Quinyon Mitchell is there. I think that would be a little more reasonable.:

Odunze has been labeled as one of the three best wide receiver prospects in the class for months. He is widely seen as a top-10 lock along with Marvin Harrison Jr. and Malik Nabers, which means the Jaguars would have to potentially offer a future first to another team in the top-10.

The Jaguars met with Odunze at the NFL Scouting Combine and could be in the market for a No. 1 wide receiver after losing Calvin Ridley in free agency. The Jaguars do have Christian Kirk, Gabe Davis, Zay Jones, and Evan Engram on the depth chart still, but a potential move for a top wideout prospect could still be on the table as a potential homerun move to keep pace with the Houston Texans and the rest of the AFC South.

Odunze appeared in four games in 2020, catching six passes for 72 yards and no touchdowns. He then stepped into a larger role in 2021, appearing in nine games and starting seven on his way to 41 catches for 415 yards and four touchdowns.

Odunze then burst onto the scene in 2022, appearing in 12 games and starting eight while catching 75 passes for 1,145 yards and seven touchdowns, earning Third-Team All-American and First-Team All-Pac-12 honors as he led the Pac-12 in receiving yards.

Named a team captain in 2023, Odunze appeared in 15 games and starting 14 as he caught 92 passes for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns. He was named a consensus All-American and a First-Team All-Pac-12 player as a result.

"I love Rome Odunze. I've said he's my favorite player in the draft. I just think where Jacksonville is right now, I think it makes more sense for them to maybe stay where they are or a little baby move to go get a corner," Jeremiah said.