Training camp is done in Jacksonville, and the picture is getting clearer in a few spots that will matter once the Jaguars open against the Cleveland Browns.
After 20 practices at the Miller Electric Center, plus Wednesday’s joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Jaguars have spent the summer sorting out roles rather than staging a bunch of true open competitions. That showed up most at running back, linebacker, and along the offensive line - and it also gave a strong read on how they plan to use Travis Hunter.
Hunter is still going to be a two-way player, but camp made one thing obvious: he spent more time at cornerback than at wide receiver. For the first several weeks, he worked both spots every day, with more snaps on defense than offense.
The final week, though, tilted almost entirely toward cornerback, which feels like a real clue about where the Jaguars see him. When everything is healthy, they need him more on defense than they do on offense, and this summer looked like a push toward Hunter as the No. 1 cornerback.
There will be some growing pains because he did not get many defensive snaps as a rookie, but the payoff should be worth it.
The backfield and linebacker groups ended up looking less like wide-open battles and more like shared jobs. At running back, Bhayshul Tuten and Chris Rodriguez Jr. were both in the mix, but the Jaguars seem headed toward a timeshare.
Rodriguez took on the short-yardage work, while Tuten handled snaps between the 20s and in space. Both are going to be involved, and Jacksonville can ride the hot hand from week to week.
Linebacker looks similar with Ventrell Miller and Branson Combs. Both got plenty of first-team work, and while Miller is the one I’d expect on the field for the first snap of the season, Liam Coen made it clear last week that both will play. Their skill sets are different, and the Jaguars want both of them to matter.
The biggest surprise of camp may have been Emmanuel Pregnon. He entered summer as the backup left guard, got pushed into the lineup by injuries, and then never gave the job back.
Even as the Jaguars got healthier up front, Pregnon stayed with the first team at left guard. That says a lot, especially for a rookie in an offense where starting jobs usually don’t just fall into place.
Jacksonville even moved Ezra Cleveland from left guard to right guard to make room for Pregnon, which tells you the staff likes what it sees.
Trevor Lawrence had a solid camp overall, but his biggest jump showed up in the red zone. Against the Jaguars’ own defense and in joint practices with the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, and Buccaneers, he kept finding ways to extend plays and squeeze throws into tight windows.
The red zone was an area he had to improve early in his career, and last season in Coen’s offense was already the best he had looked there. That carried into 2026, where Lawrence was excellent over the past month.
On defense, B.J. Green looks like the clearest breakout candidate.
The second-year edge rusher, who flashed as an undrafted rookie last season, was a problem for every offensive line he saw this summer - starters, backups, and opposing units alike. If that carries over, a season with 5.5-plus sacks is within reach, and that would give the Jaguars the third edge threat behind Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker that they have been searching for.
At quarterback, Nick Mullens seems to have settled the QB2 discussion. He started slowly, but his final stretch of camp was strong enough to quiet the outside chatter.
He finished with some of the best practices a Jaguars backup quarterback has had in recent memory. Mullens is not perfect, but even the best backup in the league would not save Jacksonville much if Lawrence got hurt.
Compared with the other two young quarterbacks on the roster, Mullens is clearly in a different class.
And then there’s the cornerback room, which may be the deepest and most flexible part of the roster. Travis Hunter, Jarrian Jones, Jourdan Lewis, and Montaric Brown all look like starting-caliber players, and the Jaguars found ways to use all four both separately and together during camp.
That kind of depth usually leaves somebody squeezed out, but the signs here point the other way: all four are going to play meaningful roles. The first real backup at cornerback may end up being whoever lands at No. 5 on the depth chart.
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