Dante Fowler: How effective can he be?

Dante Fowler Jr. has yet to prove worth the third overall selection in the 2015 NFL Draft, failing to take a snap due to injury in 2016. Can he be effective in his first year?

After discussing whether the Jacksonville Jaguars should trade for a pass rusher and with a strong case being made over at SB Nation that first-year pass rushers do not generally excel, it’s worth discussing the expectations for pass rusher Dante Fowler Jr.

Fowler, who missed all of 2015 due to an ACL tear, has yet to play a snap in the NFL and the Jaguars are forced to look to his rehab and his college days in order to project how he may do in his first season actually playing for the team in the NFL. It’s a difficult…