JACKSONVILLE – The coming season could be a big one for a big man.

Anton Harrison is entering Year 4, and the 2026 NFL season could be an important season for the player the Jaguars selected No. 27 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. Still, as he said after Tuesday's Day 1 of 2026 Organized Team Activities:

"It's just a stepping stone to where I'm trying to get to at the end of the day."

Harrison, a key part of the Jaguars' offense last season, starting 15 games at right tackle for an offensive line that helped the team not allow a sack in five games – tied for the most in the league. With another year of development, Harrison is set to play a critical role again after the Jaguars exercised his fifth-year option in April.

While Harrison is "real excited" about the prospects of being in Jacksonville long-term, he knows not to focus on the present.

"Try not to look too far ahead, because obviously we try to go day in and day out, every day, one day at a time," Harrison said. "But it's definitely something that I'm proud of, and definitely still more to go."

Harrison impressed the Jaguars' staff in 2025, with Jaguars offensive coordinator Grant Udinski on Tuesday calling the expectation for Harrison "certainly continued growth."

"We know that progression is never linear, but hopefully we can continue to compound off the things that he built on last year," Udinski said. "His ceiling is essentially as high as he wants it to be. That's a beautiful predicament to be in because we're going to push him to continue to push beyond where he is at right now, no matter where that is.

"He's going to be responsible for his end of it, and we have to be responsible for our end of it, giving him the opportunity and tools to continue to elevate."

Part of that growth will come in Harrison's role as a veteran leader. A starter since his rookie season, when he was among the NFL's youngest starting offensive tackles, Harrison – who turned 24 in February – now has several years of starting experience and is ready to use it to set an example in the locker room.

"Just knowing that my voice means something to the team and to the guys, so just understanding that and try to be more vocal, and while still being the lead by example guy," Harrison said. "And just be more dominant every play on the field, more consistency, and then just everybody's going to play better off of that."

The Jaguars return their nine top active offensive linemen from last season, giving them a chance to use chemistry and continuity to their advantage. This is the first time in Harrison's career in which the Jaguars are doing so; in 2024, the Jaguars had a new center. In 2025, they had a new center and right guard.

"It's going to be big, just another year being together," Harrison said. "That's kind of rare in the league, having the same starting five you did last year. So that's big for us, we feel like that's an advantage.

"Just the chemistry, knowing what strengths and weaknesses of each other, and just picking each other up and working every day, like on the field, off the field, in the building, out the building, we're always talking, we're always together getting better, so that's a good thing."

The Jaguars return 10-of-11 starters offensively from a team that improved dramatically in 2025 – and that won the AFC South title with a 13-4 record. Harrison called that continuity "huge for us."

"Obviously we fell short last year, but we know we left a lot out there, and we know what this team can do," he said. "Brought a lot of the same guys back, most of the team came back. We know each other, we know what we got, we know we can do, so it's just everybody having the same mindset.

"We're going to win, we're going to get better every day. If we do that, the sky is the limit for us."