Three plays into the game, Quinnen Williams announced his presence after nearly a two-game absence.

The Jets’ 25-year-old defensive tackle, who missed the last game with a calf injury suffered two games ago at Buffalo, blew past Jaguars guard Eric Smith, sacked Trevor Lawrence, forcing a fumble that Carl Lawson recovered at the Jacksonville 16-yard line.

It was Williams’ career-high 12th sack of the season and second forced fumble. It, too, was the first turnover forced by the Jets in four games.

Williams, who was voted into his first Pro Bowl on Wednesday, gave the Jets a dream start.

Yet, it wasn’t enough on a dreary night in which the Jets were beaten in every phase by the Jaguars, 19-3 winners at wet and windy MetLife Stadium.

Fitting to the theme of the night in which their offense was positively anemic, the Jets would turn that Williams turnover into a 37-yard Greg Zuerlein field goal and a 3-0 lead after going three-and-out and losing 3 yards in the process.

The Jets had been waiting for Williams’ return, and he didn’t disappoint.

“Quinnen’s one of the top five players in all of football on defense,’’ Jets head coach Robert Saleh said after the game. “Whenever you get a chance to get a guy like that back on defense, he’s going to affect the game.’’

Williams finished the game with the sack and forced fumble and a batted pass that nearly became an interception.

“It was great to have him back,’’ Jets defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins said. “Obviously, you see the kind of impact player he is to start of the game like that. As a defense, we got to be able to create more of those.’’

They didn’t.

“Quinnen’s a phenomenal player — a Pro Bowl, All-Pro player,’’ Jets cornerback D.J. Reed said. “He just makes plays like that every day. He definitely gave the offense a layup to convert with points with the field position. That was a great play from him. He creates a lot of havoc and wrecks a lot of games.’’

It seemed that Williams’ play may have set a tone for the game for the Jets, but it didn’t.

As for what Williams thought of his return, that remains unknown. He used a swift move similar to the one he made on Smith, the Jaguars guard, on the sack, whisking out of the locker room as he blew off an interview request by The Post.

Regardless of his questionable locker-room etiquette, Williams has wowed his teammates with his growth this season.

On Tuesday, while talking about Williams’ impact on the team, linebacker C.J. Mosley called him, “one of the leaders on this team, soon to be captain — I already know.’’

In 13 games this season, Williams, who was the third overall pick in the 2019 draft, has one fewer sacks than the 13 he recorded in 28 games the past two seasons, which were considered pretty productive.

Mosley said he’s been taken aback as much by Williams’ play on the field as he has his leadership off of it.

“The growth he’s had, off the field he’s been great,’’ Mosley said. “Just hearing his voice so much this year, that’s meant a lot — not only for our team and our defense, but for him as well believing in himself, believing that he has the right attitude and the right mindset to drive our defense.’’

The Pro Bowl invite came as no surprise. And neither should that impending captaincy to which Mosley referred.