JACKSONVILLE — Trevor Lawrence threw nine touchdowns in the first eight games last season and 20 in the last nine, a second-half surge that carried him to fifth in NFL Most Valuable Player voting for 2025. As the Jaguars’ 2026 Organized Team Activities wrap this week at the Miller Electric Center, the sixth-year quarterback says the comfort level in Head Coach Liam Coen’s offense has reached a new gear.

“It’s just a lot calmer,” Lawrence said during his media availability this week. “I feel a lot more confident in my progressions and what I know about the system.”

Coen, entering his second year running Jacksonville’s offense, echoed the assessment. “He has a very calm mind,” Coen said. “He can kind of just go play. When we get into game planning, there’s always going to be little tweaks and things that come up, but the meat and potatoes of the system, what we’re hunting up, what we’re looking for out of each play — he’s able to just call a play, see it, visualize it, and then go and just play.”

The statistical split tells the story of Lawrence’s growth last season. Beyond his nine passing touchdowns in the first half, he added four rushing touchdowns and threw six interceptions across those eight games. Over the final nine games, he posted 20 passing touchdowns, five rushing touchdowns and six interceptions — essentially doubling his scoring output while keeping turnovers flat.

Quarterbacks coach Spencer Whipple called Lawrence’s development entering Year 2 in the system “significant.” “There’s some continuity there, between him playing the position - and also the rest of the offense,” Whipple said. “That’s the great part about getting into Year 2. You’re still working on some foundation things you implemented the year before, but now you can kind of take it to the next level, which he has.”

Lawrence, the No. 1 overall selection in the 2021 NFL Draft, said the reduced mental load has allowed him to sharpen finer details of the passing game — particularly vertical shots downfield. “We had a lot of explosives [last season], but it wasn’t in the same way as you would think - not as many shots down the field vertically,” Lawrence said. “We have the skillset. We have guys that can run past defensive backs. I can put the ball where I need to, where those guys can go get it, so I think it was more about spending the time and perfecting that.”

“When I get on the grass it’s a lot less thinking,” Lawrence added. “Our installs have been a lot more in depth as well because the guys have come ready to go and they know the system.”

The Jaguars are expected to open training camp in Jacksonville in late July.