Trevor Lawrence's fantasy profile changed in a real way after the Jaguars hired Liam Coen. What had been a career built around uneven production and unfulfilled expectations suddenly looked different, because Lawrence finished as the QB4 overall and QB6 on a per-game basis in 2025.
That matters because this was not just a brief spike in a random week or two. Over the Jaguars' final eight games, Lawrence was the No. 1 fantasy quarterback, and Jacksonville went 8-0 during that stretch. The team also won a division title and posted its first double-digit win season since 2017, giving the late surge even more weight.
Why Lawrence's late run stands out
Jason Wood described it as Lawrence's first legitimately great fantasy season, and that framing fits. A few seasons ago, Lawrence had an inexplicably bad rookie year. He then improved across the board in 2022 and delivered a QB10 finish on a per-game basis, which looked like the start of a steady climb. Instead, 2023 and 2024 did not match that trajectory, leaving more questions than answers.
What changed after the Jaguars hired Liam Coen was the level of sustained production. Lawrence did not just flash upside; he produced like a difference-maker for nearly half a season. Wood also noted that Lawrence's rookie year was among the worst ever for a first-year starter, which makes the rebound even more notable when viewed in full context.
What it means for 2026
The key fantasy question now is whether the late-season version of Lawrence is the real version going forward. Wood believes last year's final two-month flourish is predictive of 2026 and beyond, and there is at least some logic to that. The Jaguars already showed they can build a winning stretch around him, and Lawrence responded with the best fantasy run of his career.
That does not erase the inconsistency from earlier seasons. It does, however, give managers something tangible to weigh: a player who was once frustratingly inconsistent, but who just produced a stretch that looked like the opposite of a sophomore slump, or perhaps the sophomore bump. For fantasy purposes, that is a major difference.
For readers looking back at Lawrence's Clemson days and the way his name has carried value for years, jersey-number rankings once put Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence at the top for Clemson. That history only adds to the expectations that have followed him into the NFL.
Now, though, the conversation is less about pedigree and more about what Lawrence just did. If the late-season version sticks, Jacksonville may have finally found the quarterback ceiling it has been chasing, and fantasy managers may have found a more dependable QB1 option than they had a year ago.
