How Many Compensatory Draft Picks Trent Baalke Expects the Jaguars To Have in 2024

The Jacksonville Jaguars don't need to enter next week's draft with the mission of adding more draft picks. That is already being taken care of.

Already slated to have seven draft picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, the Jaguars will also add a number of compensatory picks after losing free agents like Jawaan Taylor, Arden Key, Marvin Jones, and Chris Manhertz.

“I think right now we’re on schedule to get a third for sure, possibly a fifth or sixth for sure, and then the possibility of adding a couple of sevenths depending on how some things play out. I think we will have two for sure, with the ability to have up to four," Jaguars general manager Trent Baalke said on Thursday.

In short, the Jaguars will have between nine to 11 draft picks next year, and that is even factoring in the one pick the Jaguars will lose in the Calvin Ridley trade in 2024.

Considering the Jaguars haven't had a compensatory draft pick awarded to them in 13 years, getting two to four in 2024 would be a boon. A third-round pick for Taylor is guaranteed, while the loss of Key could produce either a fifth- or sixth-round pick, helping round out a team that will be losing a Day 2 or Day 3 pick next year.

“There’s always a chance that we trade back or trade up to try to speculate and get more picks. As of right now, with Calvin’s [Ridley] situation, we’re down one. We picked up one, we had seven, we’ll probably at nine-to-ten right now in next year’s draft," Baalke said.

"That’s where we’re at. I don’t feel a need to necessarily trade back to pick up picks, but if the opportunity is there and we still feel like we can get the same level of player, then we would make that decision.”

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