The Jaguars’ Week 3 inactive list comes with a few notable twists, and the biggest one may be what it signals for how Jacksonville plans to deploy Travis Hunter against the New England Patriots.
Jacksonville announced six players will sit out Sunday’s home game, and four of them are rookie draft picks: wide receiver CJ Williams, defensive tackle Albert Regis, safety Jalen Huskey and defensive end Wesley Williams. The Jaguars do have a few members of the 2026 draft class expected to factor in this week in Emmanuel Pregnon, Nate Boerkircher and Josh Cameron.
One of the more interesting personnel changes is at tight end. Rookie Tanner Koziol is active for the first time this season after not dressing in the first two games, when Jacksonville carried three tight ends in Brenton Strange, Boerkircher and Quintin Morris. Koziol could be used on special teams, or the Jaguars may be looking for what he can add as a receiver against the Patriots’ defense.
The backup quarterback spot is changing, too. Quinn Ewers will serve as the No. 2 quarterback after the Jaguars used Nick Mullens, elevated from the practice squad, in that role during the first two weeks.
The receiver group is also thinner again, with Williams inactive for the second straight week. That leaves Jacksonville with only four full-time receivers, which helped push extra offensive snaps to Hunter a week ago and could do the same again in Week 3.
“Anytime you struggle, offensively specifically, you look at the totality of it all and Travis is a big part of that. We're looking at continuing to find different ways to get him involved.
You're also looking at the other side of the ball and looking at are we batting here on defense in terms of all that stuff. The missed assignments, communication.
I thought he did a nice job, throughout the course of the week and we're going to look at giving him some more this week," Jaguars head coach Liam Coen said about Hunter this week.
Jacksonville also enters the matchup riding a five-game home winning streak dating back to Nov. 16, 2025. In that stretch, the Jaguars have set franchise marks for a five-game home span in points scored, points differential and total touchdowns.
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