Travis Hunter’s former college coach, Deion Sanders, reacts to the rookie’s role with the Jaguars.

Travis Hunter’s former college coach, Deion Sanders, believes that the Jacksonville Jaguars need to play the rookie more on Sundays.

“They’re not using him enough,” Sanders said on a recent New Heights podcast episode, via CBS Sports. “I’ve seen it with my own eyes on an everyday basis for three straight years, so I know what he’s capable of, and I know how you’ve got to take care of him. He never practices on Tuesday. He practices on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. He was ready to play a hundred and some snaps on Saturday, so you didn’t need to use him on a Tuesday or a Monday. You don’t use him like that.”

Through three games, Hunter has played 58.5% of the snaps on offense and 46.9% of the defensive snaps–although his workload at cornerback over the last two games has been much higher than that.

This comes after Hunter would regularly play 100-plus snaps each week while at Colorado, hence why Sanders believes he can handle a lot more.

Since drafting Hunter, the Jaguars have had a very detailed plan in place for his development plan on both sides of the ball. That not only includes on-field time, but also how his time is spent in the meeting rooms, and what makes the most sense from a sports science perspective.

While the Jaguars have already shown that they can be quick to adjust any one of those elements when needed, they also aren’t going to deviate from the plan to rush things along. Acclimating Hunter to both sides of the ball has the long-term perspective in mind.

At wideout, Hunter has caught 10-of-16 passes this season for 76 yards, most of which have come on short-area throws, according to PFF.

Defensively, he has eight tackles, including six in Week 3, while allowing five receptions on six targets for 12.8 yards per catch with a pass breakup.

“Travis is a big kid, man,” Sanders said. “He just loves the game, loves football, loves studying and the preparation. He always had at least five hours of study in each week because we kept that list, knowing how much everybody (is) studying. He is just a phenomenal athlete one of the greatest I’ve ever seen do both, simultaneously.”