Two Jacksonville Jaguars have landed on ESPN’s Top 100 players by jersey number list, and the names at No. 16 make the fit pretty easy to see. Trevor Lawrence and Travis Hunter both earned their spots after college careers that put them among the most decorated players of their eras.
Lawrence, now coming off a breakout 2025 NFL season, is listed at No. 16 after building a Clemson résumé that still jumps off the page. From 2018 through 2020, he led the Tigers to a national championship and went 34-2 as a starter.
He finished as a Heisman Trophy runner-up and an All-American, then wrapped his college run with 10,098 passing yards, 90 touchdown passes and a 67% completion rate. The appeal was never subtle: he was steady, efficient and winning from the start.
That college production carried into the NFL, where the Jaguars made Lawrence the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. He has since become one of the franchise’s foundational pieces, helping Jacksonville win AFC South Division titles in 2022 and 2025 and reach the playoffs again.
In 2025, he threw for 4,007 yards and 29 touchdowns while also rushing for 359 yards and nine scores. Across his career, Lawrence has piled up more than 17,800 passing yards, 98 touchdown passes and 23 rushing touchdowns.
Hunter’s path to the list is different, but just as eye-catching. He starred at Jackson State and Colorado from 2022 to 2024 as one of the sport’s rare true two-way threats, making noise at both wide receiver and defensive back.
His 2024 Heisman-winning season was the kind of stat line that forces everyone to stop and look: 1,356 snaps, 96 catches for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns on offense, plus just 16 receptions allowed for 177 yards and one touchdown on defense. He also added 37 tackles and four interceptions on the way to the Heisman Trophy and several major national awards.
The Jaguars took Hunter second overall in the 2025 NFL Draft, and he wasted little time showing why he was such a unique pick. As a rookie, he put up 28 receptions for 298 yards and a touchdown while also contributing 15 tackles, three pass deflections and an interception on defense. His best game came against the Los Angeles Rams, when he delivered 101 receiving yards, a touchdown and a pass defensed, a clean snapshot of the kind of two-way player Jacksonville believes it has.
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