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Titans pick Tulane WR Jha'Quan Jackson at No. 182 of NFL draft 2024. Our scouting report

The Tennessee Titans are went back to adding offensive weapons in the 2024 NFL Draft with their sixth-round selection.

The Titans picked Tulane WR Jha'Quan Jackson with the No. 182 pick in the sixth round of the NFL draft Saturday. Jackson joins a draft class that also includes first-round pick JC Latham, an offensive tackle out of Alabama, and second-round pick T'Vondre Sweat, a defensive tackle out of Texas.

The Titans have had a busy offseason, adding wide receiver Calvin Ridley, cornerbacks L’Jarius Sneed and Chidobe Awuzie, running back Tony Pollard and center Lloyd Cushenberry III, among others, to reinvent a team that is moving on after the end of the Mike VrabelDerrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill era.

The Titans own two more picks in this draft.

Jha'Quan Jackson scouting report

Jackson is a 5-foot-9, 188 pound slot receiver who was roommates with and a close friend of Titans running back Tyjae Spears in college. He's also the nephew of Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed.

Jackson returned punts at Tulane as well as operating as the team's slot receiver. He caught 26 passes for 439 yards and four touchdowns in 2023 and had 554 yards the previous year. He returned a punt for a touchdown in 2022 and averaged more than 12 yards per punt return in 2023.

A majority of Jackson's snaps in 2022 and 2023 came from the slot. He was also a prolific slot target in 2020, when he scored a career-high eight receiving touchdowns.

Tennessee Titans NFL draft order, picks

  • Round 1, pick 7: JC Latham, offensive tackle, Alabama

  • Round 2, pick 38: T'Vondre Sweat, defensive tackle, Texas

  • Round 4, pick 106: Cedric Gray, linebacker, North Carolina

  • Round 5, pick 146: Jarvis Brownlee Jr., cornerback, Louisville

  • Round 6, pick 182:

  • Round 7, pick 242:

  • Round 7, pick 252:

Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.

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