Jaguars GM Confirms Travis Hunter Will Play Both Offense and Defense in 2025

Conflicting reports emerged this offseason regarding whether Travis Hunter would play on both sides of the ball for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2025. Jaguars General Manager James Gladstone has now clarified the situation.

Hunter will continue to play wide receiver and cornerback this season, according to Gladstone’s remarks on The Rich Eisen Show on Wednesday.

"He is set to play both sides of the ball," Gladstone stated. "The piece that I think we can expect to see is actually an uptick in corner usage. Last year it was a higher volume, higher percentage of wide receiver usage than it was corner. I think we can expect to see that corner percentile and count go up. That's not to say anything impacts his availability and usage on offense. It just means that cornerback usage will increase."

In his rookie season in 2024, Hunter played 324 offensive snaps and 162 defensive snaps across seven games before a season-ending knee injury. He recorded 28 catches for 298 yards and one touchdown on offense, along with 15 tackles on defense.

The Jaguars have an increased need at cornerback for 2025.

"It's not to say [his snaps] won't increase on offense either, but it was lower on the defensive side this past season," Gladstone explained. "We also have a different defensive cornerback room and the bodies are different than it was a year ago. Our roster construction is different than it was a year ago, so it's more fitting to slot him at corner than it was last year."

Hunter has consistently expressed his desire to play both ways and has done so throughout his career. During his Heisman Trophy-winning 2024 season at Colorado, he played 688 defensive snaps and 672 offensive snaps.

"He wants to play both ways," Gladstone said. "He wants to do exactly what he set out to do when he first started putting that into action all those years ago. That's his dream, and we'll support that in the best way we can and do what we feel like is in the best interest of winning football games. That's putting him in position to do what he does best and that's with the ball in his hands and in defending some of the best receivers."