CBS Sports recently published an article predicting how quarterbacks from the 2021 NFL Draft class — including Trevor Lawrence — will fare this season and providing outlooks for their 2022 campaigns.
Widely regarded as a can’t-miss prospect and generational talent coming out of Clemson, Lawrence’s rookie season was largely one to forget as he struggled to the tune of throwing more interceptions (17) than touchdown passes (12) and posting a QBR of 33.5 that ranked 28th in the league.
Aside from the challenge of simply getting adjusted to the NFL as a first-year signal-caller, Lawrence had to deal with all the drama that surrounded the Jaguars’ organization during Urban Meyer’s tumultuous 13-game tenure as the team’s head coach in 2021 before he was canned in December.
Considering the situation Lawrence was in last season and how promising of a prospect he was as the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, CBS Sports analyst Chris Trapasso isn’t giving up on Lawrence after one rough, rookie season in the NFL.
“I still believe in Lawrence,” Trapasso wrote. “He was too good of a prospect for me to see one NFL season and be out on him. There’s no quantifiable way to measure how much Urban Meyer sapped from Lawrence and every other Jaguars players last season. But it wasn’t a coincidence Lawrence played better after Meyer was relieved of his duties.
“The team is better, Lawrence will be better in 2022. I will say, though, I’m less bullish on his future than I was a year ago at this time, simply based on how dismal his rookie season was.”
Overall, Lawrence completed 59.6 percent of his passes for 3,641 yards in 17 games last season. He finished on a high note with his performance against the Indianapolis Colts in the final week of the regular season on Jan. 9, when he went 23-of-32 passing for 223 yards and threw for two touchdowns while leading his team to a 26-11 victory that eliminated the Colts from playoff contention.
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