Jaguars’ CB Jourdan Lewis recently shared what he’s seen from Travis Hunter this offseason.
On a recent appearance on CBS Sports HQ, Jacksonville Jaguars’ cornerback Jourdan Lewis shared what it is about Travis Hunter that makes him a special player.
“His confidence, Lewis said. “He believes in himself and his abilities, which are really immense. He’s a really talented football player, and he can do it on both sides of the football. He’s really cerebral; he knows how to sit in zones, he knows how to play zones, read the quarterback’s eyes, and things like that. His ball skills are off the charts.”
Those ball skills that Lewis mentioned were on full display during Hunter’s Heisman season at Colorado in 2024. As a cornerback, he was targeted just 41 times, but still managed to come away with four interceptions and seven pass breakups, according to PFF.
Up to this point, we haven’t seen a lot of Hunter on defense just yet. While he’s been in meetings and learning that playbook, the majority of his practice time has come at wide receiver. As GM James Gladstone put it, the team views cornerback as Hunter’s more natural position.
However, in the near future, we are going to see more of Hunter at cornerback as the Jaguars continue to work towards having him play both sides of the ball during the same practice regularly.
As defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile described after Thursday’s practice, Liam Coen has put together a very detailed plan for Hunter.
“He’s a complete football player,” Lewis added. “So it’s just learning the nuances of the NFL, which he’s going to pick up and he’s picking up already. I’ve been really impressed with how poised he’s been and how he fits in the scheme of things on the team.”