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Why Jacksonville Jaguars, presumptive No. 1 NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence face difficult road to success

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars are a little more than a week away from having the franchise quarterback they've been trying to find for two decades.

Trevor Lawrence is the best quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck (and maybe Peyton Manning), the fourth-highest-rated quarterback prospect ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. has ever graded and a guy who lost just four games as a starter since his freshman year of high school.

He's so good that he prompted Gil Brandt, who drafted nine future Hall of Famers in 29 seasons as the Dallas Cowboys' vice president of player personnel, to describe him this way: "Trevor Lawrence is [John] Elway athlete [and] Manning accuracy.