Entering his third season in 2025, Anton Harrison was not a lock to proceed because the Jaguars’ starting right tackle. Not only did the previous first-round pick keep the job, but he played well enough to stay around for at the least one other couple of years. General manager James Gladstone said Monday that the Jaguars will exercise Harrison’s 2027 fifth-year option for $19.02MM, Ryan O’Halloran of the Florida Times-Union reports.
A month and a half after losing Jawaan Taylor to the Chiefs in free agency, the Jaguars moved back twice within the 2023 draft and chosen Harrison at No. 27. The Oklahoma product posted his lone 17-start season as a rookie, though Pro Football Focus rated him an underwhelming 67th amongst tackles. Harrison played and began 16 games in his second season, by which PFF placed him an improved fiftieth in its rankings.
After beating out free agent pickup Chuma Edoga for Jacksonville’s right tackle spot last summer, Harrison began in all 15 appearances.. The 6-foot-4, 315-pounder once more took steps forward within the estimation of PFF, which regarded him because the league’s Twenty ninth-best tackle. Harrison was particularly strong as a pass blocker, helping quarterback Trevor Lawrence to a profession yr by which he finished fifth in MVP voting. Lawrence’s progress under the rookie head coach-offensive coordinator tandem of Liam Coen and Grant Udinski played a serious role within the Jaguars going from 4-13 to 13-4 in a one-year span.
Coming off an AFC South-winning campaign, the Jaguars have identified Harrison as a key contributor going forward. They may make an excellent larger commitment to Harrison via an extension this offseason. For now, though, he’ll join left tackle Cole Van Lanen, center Robert Hainsey and right guard Patrick Mekari as O-line starters under Jags control through at the least 2027.