Travis Hunter gave the Jaguars exactly the kind of two-way jolt they had in mind when they drafted him in 2025, even if the afternoon still ended in a 34-31 loss to the Texans in London.
Jacksonville couldn’t finish the comeback after Trevor Lawrence threw four touchdown passes and the game ended on a last-second field goal. But Hunter turned in the best game of his NFL career so far, flashing on both sides of the ball in a way that put him in rare company.
The day started with signs that Hunter would be asked to do a little more offensively, and he delivered in a big way. In the fourth quarter, he caught a pass from Lawrence in the middle of the field and turned it into a touchdown, trimming the Jaguars’ deficit to one score.
Hunter finished with four catches for 59 yards and a touchdown, giving him his second NFL score. Those 59 yards and four receptions were both season highs for 2026, and it marked just his third game with at least 50 receiving yards.
But Hunter wasn’t done there. Not long after scoring, he flipped back to defense and came away with an interception on C.J. Stroud in the end zone, keeping Jacksonville’s comeback hopes alive.
That combination of a receiving touchdown and an interception put Hunter in a very small club. According to PFF, only three players in NFL history have caught a touchdown pass and recorded an interception in the same game over the last 40 years. Hunter became the first to do it since Brian Dawkins in 2002, and he did it on consecutive drives.
The full list noted by PFF was:
2026 Travis Hunter
2002 Brian Dawkins
1999 Keshawn Johnson (playoffs)
For a Jaguars team that has been cautious about unleashing Hunter fully as a two-way player over the last two seasons, Sunday looked like a showcase of exactly what makes him different. He’s been used more heavily on defense in 2026, where he’s settled in as a starting cornerback, but against Houston he gave Jacksonville a glimpse of what happens when both sides of his game show up at once.
The result didn’t change. The performance did. Hunter’s second NFL touchdown and second interception came in the same game, and even in defeat, he left a mark that was impossible to miss.
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