JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Shaquill Griffin knows the number. He was a little reluctant to say it out loud, but after a moment’s hesitation, the Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback did say it.

Four.

Which isn’t a bad number when you’re talking about how many passes you intercepted. It’s a little different when it comes to dropped interceptions, which is why Griffin was not happy.

He dropped four and tallied zero interceptions in 2021, his first season with the Jaguars after signing a three-year contract worth $40 million -- and that’s going to bother him until he reels one in.

“Not being able to grab one last year is definitely something that stuck with me,” Griffin said. “My main thing is I need to catch everything that comes to me this year. I feel like if I catch the ones I’m supposed to catch, I think I’ll be just fine.”

Griffin has made catching his priority this offseason. Though the team began its voluntary offseason conditioning program on April 11, Griffin has been working on his hands for the past several months. He has been trying to catch 75 to 100 balls every day during the week, and he said if he misses, he’ll add a weekend day.

He’ll catch them from anyone. Teammates, friends, family, pretty much anybody who has the time to help. Not just footballs, either.

“You can go throw a tennis ball right now. I’m going to try to catch it,” Griffin said. “It doesn’t matter what it was. Jugs machine. I have my driver who actually stays with me [and I tell him], ‘Shoot, you ain’t driving, you better throw this ball. Let’s go in this backyard real quick -- you throw it to me.’

“My little 2-year old, he’s running around, he throw the tennis ball, I’m going to go dive for it. Anytime I get a chance to, I’m practicing.”

Only the Las Vegas Raiders (six) had fewer interceptions than the Jaguars (seven) last season.

Opposing quarterbacks had a 106.8 passer rating and completed 68.8% of their passes when Griffin was the nearest defender, per NFL Next Gen Stats, and Griffin had 49 tackles, seven pass breakups and a forced fumble last season.

The perception of the kind of season he had could have been much different, Griffin said.

“Imagine Shaquill Griffin with the season he had last year and four picks,” he said. “It was a pretty good year. My thing is, I’ve got to make up for it.”

Griffin had only six interceptions in his first four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, so he wasn’t a high-volume guy when it came to turnovers anyway, but he did have a career-high three in 2020. That set him up for his payday in free agency ($29 million guaranteed) from the Jaguars.

“I feel like I was consistent coverage-wise [in 2021], but like I said, creating turnovers, making big-time plays in big-time games, that’s what we need,” Griffin said. “I feel like that’s why they brought me here. So I feel like that’s the biggest thing, and red zone stops. I told them I want to continue to get better at third down, getting off the field, but in the red zone, it’s a no-touchdown zone. No one gets in.

“Red zone stuff will be big, but the main thing was just being consistent and creating turnovers.”