Jaguars' undrafted rookie has Liam Coen's attention in rookie minicamp

To state the obvious -- it's early. But with rookie minicamp underway for the Jacksonville Jaguars, one undrafted rookie seems to have caught Liam Coen's attention. That would be Virginia running back J'Mari Taylor.

Taylor joins the Jaguars after five college seasons, the first four of which were spent at North Carolina Central before he transferred to Virginia for the 2025 season. Playing in the ACC, Taylor rushed for 1,064 yards last season, averaging 4. 8 yards per attempt with 14 rushing touchdowns.

"I think the word you said, production, when you looked at him against, I guess some of the top backs in the draft, production against the same teams, and what that looked like, I thought that was pretty impressive," Coen said after Saturday's practice. Contributing to Taylor's success on the ground was that he was quite difficult to bring down, ranking 38th in average yards after contact and tied for 18th in missed tackles forced, per PFF . To go along with his production in the run game, Taylor was also fairly active in the passing game.

His 54 targets last season were tied for the fourth-most among running backs. "Obviously, the season that Virginia had, and a lot of it had to do with his success and his ability to affect the game both in the run and the pass game as well," Coen added. "So people just bounced off of him in ways.