Liam Coen had a vision -- or a dream -- about the Jacksonville Jaguars landing tight end Nate Boerkircher in the 2026 NFL draft.

"I did have a vision or I guess, at night," Coen said after Round 1. "So, I guess it's a dream that we were taking him. I don't remember where it was at or what pick or anything. I just remember that it was somebody that we've had a lot of like for a long time. And then you saw that run of tight ends go and so glad we did it."

Boerkircher joins the Jaguars as an often-utilized blocker at the college level. Of his snaps in 2025, over 61% of them came in that role, and he was quite good at it, ranking 21st among his position group in PFF's run-blocking grade.

Although not used frequently in the passing game, Boerkircher had just 38 career receptions over five seasons, the Jaguars believe that he can make an impact in that phase of the game; he just needs more opportunities to do so.

"The type of player, type of person that we're trying to hunt up here," Coen said. "Attitude, toughness. Mentally and physically tough. I think has a lot more in his body than was probably displayed throughout the season when they were throwing the ball a lot to those wideouts. Every opportunity he had throughout the offseason process to go put it on tape that he could and that there was that in his body and that he did have those capabilities, it showed up in a major way."

That skill set will allow Coen to utilize more three-tightend sets this season -- a growing trend across the NFL -- and Boerkircher could compete with Quintin Morris for playing time in that blocking-first role, while bringing more upside to the passing game.

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Why Jaguars had to have TE Nate Boerkircher in Round 2