Travis Hunter isn’t backing off his ambition, even with the Jacksonville Jaguars steering him toward a heavier defensive workload.
The rookie two-way star told NFL.com's Judy Battista that he wants to play "all" of the snaps each week, and that he can not leave the field.
That goal is still alive even after a rookie year that ended early because of a season-ending injury. And it comes at a time when the Jaguars have made it clear that Hunter will spend more of his time on defense in training camp and during the season.
Still, he has continued to work on both sides of the ball in camp, and that looks set to carry into the regular season. The real question is not whether he’ll play both ways, but how much of each side he’ll handle.
Hunter was one of the most electric players in college football, starring at wide receiver and cornerback at Jackson State and Colorado before winning the Heisman Trophy in 2025. That production made him a uniquely valuable prospect, and Jacksonville paid a steep price to move up to No. 2 overall to draft him.
As a rookie, he tried to do it all, but the results were uneven. On offense, he caught 28 passes for 298 yards and a touchdown. On defense, he added 15 tackles before his season ended halfway through.
The idea of a true full-time two-way player has always come with a giant asterisk in the modern NFL. Deion Sanders, Hunter’s college coach at both Jackson State and Colorado, and Charles Woodson both had offensive snaps in their careers, but never in the full-time way Hunter is chasing.
That gap matters. Doing it in college is one thing. Doing it every Sunday against NFL speed, size and physical punishment is another.
Even so, Hunter’s upside is obvious. If he can handle meaningful snaps on both offense and defense, he becomes the kind of player who can reshape a roster, essentially covering two jobs at once. The challenge now is proving he can sustain that over a full season.
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