With the benefit of hindsight and thier grading system, Pro Football Focus went back and redrafted the first round of the 2011 NFL draft. So, who did the Jacksonville Jaguars come away with this time?
After an 8-8 season in 2010, the Jaguars originally held the 16th overall pick in 2011, but would move up to pick No. 10 in a trade with Washington in order to take quarterback Blaine Gabbert.
However, in this redraft, the Jaguars stayed put at pick 16 and selected Kansas cornerback Chris Harris Jr., who originally went undrafted.
“In this redraft, Jacksonville scoops up the best undrafted player from the 2011 class in Chris Harris Jr,” wrote PFF. “He garnered an elite 93.5 PFF overall grade across his 12 seasons, which included four trips to the Pro Bowl.”
Harris would end up playing 12 NFL seasons and was a four-time Pro Bowler and one-time All-Pro. He was also named a member of the All-2010s team.
Harris appeared in 172 games, which included 145 starts during his time with Denver, the LA Chargers, and the New Orleans Saints. He came away with 22 interceptions, 97 pass deflections, and seven forced fumbles.
Gabbert, meanwhile, would play only three seasons with the Jaguars. Over the span, he started 27 games and completed just 53% of his passes with 24 interceptions to 22 touchdowns while averaging just 5.1 yards per attempt.
Gabbert was traded to San Francisco during the 2014 offseason and was an NFL backup through the 2023 season, which included winning a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay behind Tom Brady and in Kansas City behind Patrick Mahomes.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Jacksonville Jaguars pick All-Pro cornerback in PFF’s 2011 NFL redraft
Reporting by Paul Bretl, Jaguars Wire / Jaguars Wire
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