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Camp Wrap, Day 7: Familiar Position, Good Feeling for Harrison

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JACKSONVILLE – He likes it here, and would like to stay.

Anton Harrison is a key early story in 2026 Jaguars Training Camp. It's a story about location. And comfort. He's playing left tackle again, and playing it well, after spending his first three NFL seasons at right tackle.

He's fine with the move – more than fine, actually.

"It's not really a big change, just something to get used to," he said.

Harrison, a fourth-year veteran, spoke to the media Thursday after Day 7 '26 camp practice at the Miller Electric Center – a day that marked another practice in which Harrison has worked extensively on the left side of the line. Head Coach Liam Coen earlier this week praised Harrison's work there.

"He has done a nice job," Coen said. "It's part of what we've done, moving those guys around and seeing what sticks. If that ends up sticking, hopefully that's a good thing for us. You're pleased with seeing the consistency. I've been pleased with him just handling it pretty seamlessly so far."

Harrison, a first-round selection in the 2023 NFL Draft who played left tackle at Oklahoma University, moved to right tackle as a rookie with veteran Cam Robinson at the time already starting on the left side. All 48 of Harrison's NFL career starts have come at right tackle, and he called moving to the left a matter of "just getting back used to doing that every day."

"It really is just flipping everything in your head, playbook-wise," Harrison said. "It's just trying to be fast off the ball and not thinking about, 'Oh, you're not on the right side no more, you're on the left side.' Other than that, it's just repping it – extra reps after practice, things like that.

"It is different play styles, different ways I set, things like that. I feel a certain way on my left side more than right side. It's definitely a little difference, but nothing crazy."

The Jaguars under offensive line coach Shaun Sarrett work linemen at various positions in training camp to have players ready at multiple positions throughout the season in case of injury. Cole Van Lanen, who finished last season as the starting left tackle, played both tackle and guard positions last season.

Harrison said he entered '26 camp in the best mental and physical shape of his career, adding "My head, my body … everything is just very confident." He also said the idea of working at left tackle came up once training camp began.

"We started to talk about it, and then they asked me what did I think about it," he said. "I was like, 'Let's do it.' It was just going day from day from there. That's what I played my whole career in college.

"I feel like I can do that and I can play left tackle. So, I'm definitely not against it."

And while all 15 of Harrison's starts last season came at right tackle, he said he is taking his extensive left tackle work during this camp "day by day."

"They put the depth chart on the board every morning and just go from there," he said. "It (left tackle) was just something that was always talked about, something they always wanted to just have us going both sides and it's just been sticking so far."

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  • Rookie wide receiver CJ Williams has been among the most impressive young players in '26 camp to date. He has impressed coaches off the field, too, with Special Teams Coordinator Heath Farwell on Thursday saying, "CJ contacted me more this summer than anybody, and it's a reflection of how much he cares." Williams, a sixth-round selection in the 2026 NFL Draft, is working extensively on special teams – which traditionally is how later-round drafted players earn roster spots. "He wants to do it," Farwell said. "I saw his run blocking at the receiver position in college, so I knew he was physical and he was tough. He's done a great job for us. I really like what he's doing."

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Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker on Harrison: "He's athletic. He's big, strong. That's what I really feel like sets Anton aside. He can move around as well. He's an athlete, so I feel like he comes from a basketball background. A lot of guys that come from that background can move well. In the position that he plays, that's critical."

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