Why don't Jaguars host NFL draft prospects on official visits?

It's that time of the year, with the NFL draft near, that we see report after report of prospects visiting with teams. However, we won't see the Jacksonville Jaguars among those reports.

So why not?

Prior to the NFL combine, which James Gladstone and Liam Coen also did not attend, ESPN's Michael DiRocco provided some insight into why the Jaguars take this unique approach with pre-draft visits.

"So what about the prospect visits?" DiRocco began. "The chance to sit down with the players at the combine? Well, the Jaguars don't want to conduct any of those, and they don't want to conduct any top 30 visits either because they don't want their opinion of a player to be changed or altered in any way based on a 15-20 minute visit. This is a system that the Rams use, and they've used it quite successfully, as you can see by their success over the last decade or so."

Each draft cycle, every team can have up to 30 prospects in for visits at the team facility. It's an opportunity for teams to do medical checks if needed, walk through film, and get to know the player.

The scouting process for one prospect is an endeavor that is years long -- it really begins once a player sets foot on campus. Understandably so, Gladstone is going to value that process and all of the work that's put in over a one-day interview.

This isn't new for the Jaguars under Gladstone. The team didn't have visits last year either.

Generally speaking, Gladstone prefers to operate under-the-radar during the pre-draft process, trusting the Jaguars' processes and maintaining any sort of advantage that they can.

This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: 2026 NFL draft: Jaguars won't host any prospects on official visits