Expected to handle varied role

Coach Doug Marrone said following the 2020 NFL Draft that he expects Shenault to fill a variety of roles for the Jaguars as a rookie, Michael DiRocco of ESPN.com reports. "You can put him in the backfield. He can play Wildcat [quarterback]," Marrone said of the second-round pick from Colorado. "You can put him as the 'F' tight end. You can do a lot of things with him. You see it on his tape in 2018 and 2019. That's one of the things we looked at."

Analysis: As Marrone acknowledges, a multi-faceted role wouldn't be anything new for Shenault, who lined up out wide, in the slot, at tight end and in the backfield during his three-year career at Colorado. The Jaguars' depth chart at receiver is somewhat unsettled beyond top option DJ Chark, so Shenault could parlay a solid showing in training camp and the preseason into a regular spot in three-receiver formations. Even if all of Chark, Dede Westbrook and Chris Conley enter the season ahead of him in…read more