It has been an up-and-down start to Trevor Lawrence‘s career as the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ cornerstone quarterback. Despite the lack of consistency — at least from an overall team standpoint — during the former No. 1 overall pick’s three years at the helm, the Jaguars committed their future to Lawrence by signing him to a groundbreaking $275 million, five-year extension.
At this point, Lawrence is looking forward to proving to the entire football world that he’s worth every penny of his megadeal.
Jacksonville Jaguars News: Trevor Lawrence Speaks Out on Adversity
According to Lawrence, it’s the adversity that he’s faced over the first three years of his career that has shaped him to be the man he is today. The 24-year-old recently opened up about the most important lesson he’s learned in his fledgling career:
“I think that experience is probably the best teacher,” Lawrence told Albert Breer of SI. “Everyone says the big thing is the ‘whys’ learned from other people’s mistakes. I do think that’s true. But I also think there are some things you just kind of have to go through. And you learn a lot when you experience them. I’ve been through all the mixes. A terrible season. A season that started really bad and we finished really great, which was 2022. And last year was the opposite, started great and finished really bad.
“So I’ve experienced all those elements of it, and I understand how this game works. The NFL is just different. It’s a long season; it really is about who’s playing best in December, January, February; not September, October, November. You have to be playing your best at the right time, the end of the year. I think I have a better perspective of all of that. I’d say that’s the biggest thing.”
It’s just been three years, but Lawrence is now talking like a tested veteran. To a certain extent, you could say that this young man has indeed been through enough to make these kinds of inferences.
The upside of the struggles Lawrence and the Jaguars have faced over the past few seasons is that it has molded a star quarterback that seems primed to take over the league in the immediate future.
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