Former Clemson Star Trevor Lawrence Receives Major NFL QB Rankings Boost

The jury is still out on Trevor Lawrence.

Lawrence was projected to be a generational quarterback when the Jacksonville Jaguars selected him with the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. 

He's had three 4,000-plus yard throwing seasons during his first five seasons in the league, but the 2025 campaign was his best year as a complete passer.

Lawrence finished with 4,007 passing yards, 29 touchdowns (career high), and 12 interceptions. In his five seasons in the league, the former national champion for the Tigers has thrown for 17,822 yards, 98 touchdowns, and 58 interceptions.

Lawrence did enough to make Nick Shook of NFL Media boost the quarterback's ranking heading into the 2026 offseason. He thinks head coach Liam Coen knows how to best utilize Lawrence's skillset and ranked the quarterback No. 6.

"Trevor Lawrence played the best football of his career in 2025, finally flirting with the generational tag he's carried since his days at Clemson," Shook wrote.

"Lawrence was a laser-accurate passer, used his legs more than he ever has as a pro and proved to be the unrelenting engine behind a Jaguars team that evolved into an offensive machine in the second half of the season.

With Liam Coen leading the way, Lawrence and the Jaguars have a bright future ahead of them."

The Jaguars won the AFC South and nearly knocked off the Buffalo Bills in the wild-card round. 

Lawrence threw for 207 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions in a 30-27 loss to Buffalo, but an interception right after Josh Allen's late heroics crushed the team's hopes of making it to the Divisional Round.

Year 2 for Lawrence under Coen might yield better results for the quarterback and Jaguars.

Lawrence told NBC's Pro Football Talk last week that he feels confident heading into the 2026 season.

“I would say so, especially the finish to this season,” Lawrence said, via USA Today. “Obviously, how I was playing and the confidence I was playing with, but our team, our offense — it’s all of that.

"Just a lot of fun, the run we went on. And obviously, didn’t go as far as we wanted to. But as far as just the way the team came together, it was really cool.”

Maybe a Super Bowl run could boost Lawrence into a top-5 ranking.