On a recent appearance on ‘The Rich Eisen Show,’ Jacksonville Jaguars’ Chief Football Strategy Officer Tony Khan was asked about Travis Hunter, specifically what his workload on both offense and defense could look like this season.
Like GM James Gladstone, Khan said that the game flow is going to be a key factor in determining what Hunter’s workload looks like each week.
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“I think there’s going to be a different game flow,” Khan told Eisen. “You know very well that different games have different flows. He’s going to contribute and play a lot of snaps on both sides of the ball. It’s going to be really great for the Jags. I think we have such a great group of young players and a great young core, and now to be able to add a player like Travis Hunter, it’s really exciting.”
Hunter has been learning both the offensive and defensive playbooks and terminologies since he arrived in Jacksonville, but on the practice field during offseason programs, he spent more time at wide receiver, which was the plan from the start.
The reason for this, as Gladstone explained recently, is that the Jaguars view cornerback as Hunter’s more natural position, so they wanted him to have more reps at wideout early on.
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The next step for Hunter in his development plan will be routinely operating on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball within the same practice–something we will see in training camp. Throughout OTAs and minicamp–outside of the final drill during the final minicamp practice–Hunter practiced on only offense or defense, depending on what the specific day called for.
“Liam’s got a good plan,” added Khan, “and he’s been pretty open about it, that he believes Travis can get involved as a top player on both sides of the ball.”
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: Travis Hunter’s playing time: Jaguars’ Tony Khan weighs in