In a recent interview, the Jaguars’ Travis Hunter was asked to come up with a nickname for himself.

In a recent interview with Pete Prisco of CBS Sports, Prisco asked the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Travis Hunter to come up with a nickname for himself.

Without hesitation, Hunter replied with, “The Unicorn.” A fitting nickname given what he is trying to accomplish in the NFL by playing both offense and defense.

Prisco said his nickname for Hunter is “The Machine” because of all the snaps he plays.

As Hunter told Prisco, he “definitely” believes he could play every snap in an NFL game. If he didn’t have that belief, he wouldn’t be trying to play on both sides of the ball.

So what gives Hunter the ability to handle that ultra-heavy workload?

“Just my mental,” Hunter said. “You gotta have the right mindset going into it. You gotta have the right knowledge. You gotta understand what you’re doing. When you’re going out there, you gotta understand how to take care of your body too.”

For Hunter, his detailed daily schedule–which is down to the minute–has him going non-stop during practices. As Prisco explained, if Hunter is on offense for the day, during the special teams periods, he spends time with the defense and vice versa.

For players who aren’t participating in the special teams drills, that’s an opportunity to rest, but not for Hunter.

Throughout OTAs, minicamp, and training camp, at various times, James Gladstone, Liam Coen, Trevor Lawrence, Anthony Campanile, and Grant Udinski have all marveled at Hunter’s conditioning.

“It’s just natural,” Hunter told Prisco of his conditioning. “Definitely natural.”

Including the offseason programs, the bulk of Hunter’s practice time has come at wide receiver–although it has been more balanced during training camp. The reason for this, as Gladstone has mentioned previously, is that the team views cornerback as his more natural position.

But Hunter doesn’t have a favorite side of the ball or one that is more difficult for him than the other. Regardless of where he’s lined up, he just has to go do his job.

“Neither,” Hunter said when asked if cornerback or receiver was more challenging. “Just gotta go out there and execute.”

And whether he’s lined up at cornerback or wideout, the biggest worry for the opponent is the same.

“When the ball’s in the air,” Hunter said. “I’m going to get it.”

In recent days, Hunter is coming off two of his better performances during training camp, one of which came at cornerback while the other came at wideout.

Up to this point, he has practiced on either offense or defense on a given day, not both. But according to ESPN’s Michael DiRocco, during the Jaguars‘ scrimmage on Friday, Hunter will see action on both sides of the ball.

How that mock game unfolds will play a role in what his practice schedule looks like moving forward.