One NFL player you wish never played for your favorite team

Jacksonville Jaguars: Blaine Gabbert, QB

There were some absolute studs in the 2011 NFL Draft. Cam Newton went first overall and ended up winning a league MVP award. He almost led the Carolina Panthers to a Super Bowl win but the No. 2 overall pick in this class, Von Miller, won the NFL Super Bowl MVP as his Denver Broncos defeated Newton’s squad.

From there, star players such as A.J. Green, Julio Jones, Tyron Smith, J.J. Watt, Robert Quinn, and Cam Jordan all heard their names called.

But not every pick turned out to be a winning selection. For example, there were two other quarterbacks taken in the top-10 that ended up failing to make it as starters. First was Jake Locker who went to the Tennesse Titans at No. 8. Two picks later, the Jacksonville Jaguars added Blaine Gabbert from Missouri.

Gabbert’s numbers from college were concerning but he had the size teams covet under center at 6-foot-5 and 235-pounds. He also possessed a strong arm and knocked the Wonderlic test out of the park.

Jacksonville was so impressed with him, they traded up to No. 10 to secure his services and he wound up starting 14 games as a rookie. Gabbert struggled in those games and ended up with just 13 more starts over the next two seasons before being traded to San Francisco for a sixth-round pick.

He finished his time in Jacksonville with a 5-22 record as a starter and completed just 53.3 percent of his passes. To his credit, he’s still a backup in the NFL and got a Super Bowl ring in 2020 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but his tenure with the Jags was forgettable.