It would seem that the Jacksonville Jaguars defense has heard enough of the offensive media praise after the first two days of 2025 training camp, with Friday’s aggressive bounce back performance from Anthony Campanile’s unit. Here are our top highlights and observations from Day 3 of Jaguars’ training camp at the Miller Electric Center practice fields.

Notes from practice

CB Jourdan Lewis has himself a day, ladies and gentlemen.

Lewis ended Friday’s practice with at least four (4) pass breakups (PBUs) on the day, with the above one being one of the best in the bunch.

Not to be outdone, CB Tyson Campbell’s also ended Friday with an equal number of PBUs, with a really strong day from the pair. Campbell showed sticky coverage all throughout practice, from his early PBU in 11-on-11 covering BTJ to his redzone 7-on-7 period where he forced multiple incompletions. If Tyson can continue to stay healthy, this cornerback room may potentially be a really, really strong unit.
No. 2 overall pick CB Travis Hunter made his training camp defensive debut on Friday, exclusively practicing on defense. However, it was a quieter day from the rookie, in terms of plays made. He was the nearest defender in coverage on two touchdowns in the teams periods – a Hunter Long scramble drill 7-on-7 catch and an Eli Pancol 11-on-11 Redzone catch where Pancol seemed to get lost in the mid-field traffic.

This #Jaguars staff definitely have a clear plan on how they will get the most out of every practice minute with Hunter.

As they have in past practices on defense, Hunter is doing a walk through with the offense during the teams period on the opposite field.

— . ℍ (@TravisDHolmes) July 25, 2025

Hunter spoke on his unique schedule after practice:

“It’s super organized. Me and Coach [Head Coach Liam Coen] go over it (his schedule) pretty much every week, and they send me a picture, and I get a piece of paper to keep in my locker so I know exactly where I have to be and when I need to be there.”

Coen had this to day about the scheduling for Hunter:

“I mentioned this before logistically for us as coaches to navigate it and make sure that we’re making use of all his time. I think it doesn’t bother him as much. He’s pretty unfazed by some of this stuff. So, these next few days will be very important though because he was on defense today. He’ll have an off day tomorrow making sure that he’s ready to go for the next few days. He’ll have to use this weekend off day tomorrow as well to make sure that he’s studying on offensive stuff. So he’s been great in terms of his attitude and just kind of the way he approaches it.”

QB Trevor Lawrence was extremely sharp throughout Friday’s practice, though difficult to tell by solely examining the statistics. The Jaguars’ receiving group, unfortunately, suffered multiple drops and contested incompletions on the day. Nevertheless, Lawrence was for the most part, very accurate in getting his receivers an opportunity to make a play on the ball in this one.

Trevor Lawrence Tracker: QB1 completed 52% of his passes, threw five touchdowns during red zone drills, and was intercepted once in the third practice of #Jaguars training camp: pic.twitter.com/DMe2la3OZL

— Alessandra Pontbriand (@APontbriandTV) July 25, 2025

QB Nick Mullens also had himself an under-the-radar accurate day also. Mullens ended practice with 3-4 touchdowns on the day.

WR Parker Washington made what I would consider the play of the day in the 7-on-7 period, securing a catch at the back of the end zone on a laser from Lawrence. The throw went over the outstretched hands of rookie Caleb Ransaw and Jourdan Lewis, both with tight coverage. He then followed this play up with this aerobic play of the day nominee in the period.

Consecutive encouraging days of camp for Washington as he looks to solidify his standing in this new Jaguars receiving core. With his continued performance, could he potentially push Dyami Brown for the WR3 role?

Coen was asked about Parker’s performance after practice:

“Really good start. I’ve been pleased with Parker. I think if you’re talking about guys that’ve gone up and made plays when the ball has been in the air, he’s done it and he’s got the right mindset. He approaches work the right way every day. He’s strong. He can work second level releases on people when they try to get hands on him. I’ve been very pleased with Parker the last few days.”

WR Brian Thomas Jr suffered multiple contested incompletions (some of which were arguably drops) in Friday’s practice. With the secondary having a truly aggressive day in coverage, the plays on the ball were rarely “easy,” though I’m sure BTJ would be the first to say he has to come down with those. At one point in practice, Thomas Jr punched the wall, expressing his frustration after a second redzone 11 on 11 incompletion (Christian Braswell in coverage). He would later drop another with Prince in coverage.

WR Eli Pancol secured three catches on the day, two of which were touchdowns. The aforementioned redzone touchdown with Hunter in coverage was good, but his route on the touchdown catch with Braswell in coverage may have been even better. Do we potentially have a WR5 competition on our hands between Pancol and Cephus?
The running back core had themselves a busy day, with RB Travis Etienne catching an early redzone touchdown reception. However, RB Tank Bigsby was most busy in this one, taking the majority of the backfield reps.
As a final note, Campanille’s defense got their hands on the ball a lot in this one. LB Chad Muma intercepted Lawrence pass that was tipped at the line of scrimmage (a one-handed interception, may I add). Coen touched on the rash of tipped passes at the line, as of late:

“I think we’ve just had too many tipped balls in general over the last few days, whether it’s the O line has [Offensive Line] has to get their hands down, quarterback’s eyes have to be better because that’s happened a few times now.”

Additionally, many of the passes were highly contested or stripped out by defenders. DT Dawane Smoot forced a Nick Mullens fumble in the pocket. The ball was punched out at least four combined times throughout practice, including CB Jarrian Jones (arguably late) and LB Jack Kiser punch outs. With the defensive staff heavily drilling the defenders to punch the ball in two separate early periods, a focus on turnovers seems evident.

Injuries

G Patrick Mekari: left practice early due to back spasms and tightness. Per, Coach Coen, “Just a little tight back. He’ll be alright.”

CB Montaric Brown: day to day. Brown has been working through a lower leg injury and was held out of Thursday’s and Friday’s practices as a precaution.

TE Johnny Mundt: day to day. Per Coach Coen, “He’s just going be out for a few days…We’re just kind of figuring it out.”

WR Louis Rees-Zammit: day to day
DT Maason Smith & LB Dennis Gardeck are both on the Active/PUP list

Note: Brian Thomas Jr was slow to get up after hitting the turf late in practice. While he gingerly walked off the field, on what would be his final practice rep, Coen confirmed that BTJ was, “fine. Totally fine.”

Additionally, DT Arik Armstead has been limited so far throughout camp, which Coen confirmed was not injury-related. Coen confirmed that the team was giving him a “little bit of a veteran start” and “trying to get him into the swing a bit with individual and stuff like that.” Armstead has yet to participate in any 11-on-11 drills through the first three days of camp.

Notes from pressers

After completing his first day of training camp practicing on defense, Hunter was asked about the experience, where he confirmed that he practiced on both sides of the ball daily while at Colorado. He confirmed that he likes the Jaguars’ current approach better, however.

“Yeah. I need to be able to process everything fast, quick. If the offense changes when I’m on defense, if the offense changes the script, I have to know what I’m doing right away. And on the offense, if we change the play, I have to know what I’m doing right away. So I like that we’re starting off slow, getting me adjusted, making sure I know where I need to be on one side of the ball each day, and then it all will come together.”

He also stated that he looks to grow his technique on both sides of the ball over the coming weeks.

“I want to make sure that my technique is up to par so the coaches can trust me more and make sure I know my plays.”

You can watch the full press conference here.

Stay tuned for more updates from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 2025 training camp!