The youngest general manager in the NFL made the boldest move of the draft to land the most unique player in the class.

With 34-year-old James Gladstone at the controls for the first time, the Jaguars traded a boatload of assets to move up three picks and select receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter at No. 2.

Shortly after the Titans selected Cam Ward at No. 1, the Jaguars acquired the No. 2 pick, a fourth-rounder and a sixth-rounder from the Browns for No. 5, a second-rounder, a fourth-rounder and — the big key — a 2026 first-round pick.

It is a massive overpay, according to the draft-pick value points charts, but Gladstone took a page out of aggressive mentor Les Snead’s “F them picks” playbook.

“For our fans, I’ll tell you, ‘Don’t be scared,’ ” Gladstone said. “This is something I’m uniquely positioned to navigate.”

The Jaguars plan to grant Hunter’s wish to play on both sides of the ball as he did at Colorado, where he logged more than 700 snaps each on offense and defense on his way to the 2024 Heisman Trophy.

“They said they’d let me go out there and do what I do,” Hunter said.

The Browns were thought to be eyeing Hunter — whom general manager Andrew Berry compared to MLB icon Shohei Ohtani — but they received a “Godfather” offer.

Berry couldn’t refuse, despite the consensus thought that Hunter and edge rusher Abdul Carter (No. 3 pick to the Giants) are the only “can’t-miss” prospects in the class.

All teams entered Thursday in possession of their own first-round draft pick — the first time that has happened in the common draft era (since 1967).

But all mock drafts were ripped up quickly thanks to Gladstone.

“It’s very rare to be able to target a player who can alter the sport itself,” Gladstone said. “We view him through the lens of ‘unique.’ ”

Not that Hunter was surprised. Gladstone revealed the framework of the trade had been in place — and kept quiet — for about three weeks.

The Browns took defensive tackle Mason Graham — a one-time top-five lock who had been rumored this week to be falling out of the top 10 — at No. 5.

The happiest team about that Jaguars-Browns trade was the Raiders.

The least happy was the Bears.

It was suspected new Las Vegas head coach Pete Caroll coveted RB Ashton Jeanty at No. 6 as his new “Beast Mode” ever since he tried to whisper “be careful” to GM John Spytek when answering a question about Jeanty. And the Bears wanted to trade up from No. 10 to land Jeanty.

Once the Jaguars were out of the Jeanty sweepstakes, the Raiders pounced on the highest-drafted running back since Saquon Barkley went No. 2 in 2018.

“I’m going to show everybody that the position is valuable,” Jeanty said.

Jalon Walker (No. 15) became the first Georgia player selected by the Falcons in the first or second round since 1966.

Talk about not capitalizing on a home-field advantage when campus is only 75 minutes away and the Bulldogs are an annual draft feeder program.

Walker became the eighth Georgia defensive lineman or linebacker drafted in the first round since 2002 — the most in a four-year span by any school over the past 58 years, per NFL Research.

When in doubt, go big.

Seven of the first 16 picks were offensive linemen or defensive tackles as 300-pounders were en vogue.

That’s a product of few teams wanting to trade up and a consensus that there wasn’t much difference among players available after the top 10 and into the middle of the second round.