The Jacksonville Jaguars bolstered their defense in Round 1 and continued that trend in the third round. With the No. 72 overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft, they selected Ohio State’s DaVon Hamilton.
Hamilton’s best season was his senior season as he was good enough to garner third-team All-Big Ten honors after starting in 14 games and accumulating 28 tackles (10.5 of which were for loss), and six sacks. He served as the anchor and nose tackle for the Buckeye’s defense but also proved to be a surprisingly agile big man for them, too.
Hamilton’s selection is one that makes a lot of sense after the Jags released Marcell Dareus. While they signed veteran Al Woods in free agency to help anchor the middle, he’s the team’s oldest player at 33 years of age. Now, Woods and fellow veteran Abry Jones will have a new big man to rotate with and groom through 2020 as the Jags have stressed they want to improve against the run.
Hamilton will also join notables Taven Bryan, Rodney Gunter, Dontavius Russell, all of whom will look to combine their efforts and get back to the dominant line fans watched in 2017.