Liam Coen details the Jaguars’ deliberate training camp plan for Travis Hunter

After dominating on both sides of the ball in college in a way that hasn’t been done in generations, Travis Hunter is now attempting to do the same thing in the NFL. Fortunately for him, he’s with a franchise that shares his vision, and is committed to realizing it. That’s why the Jacksonville Jaguars traded up for him in the draft, and why the team has spent the offseason crafting a plan to get him ready for the NFL on both sides of the ball.

On Wednesday, the first day of training camp, first-year head coach Liam Coen pulled back the curtain and detailed what the team’s plan looks like for Hunter. Coen explained that for the first six days or so, the rookie will spend all his time for a given practice on one side of the ball— a couple of days practing strictly offense and a couple of days strictly defense. After about a week of that, Jacksonville will allow him to flip-flop within one practice, getting work on both sides in the same day.

Coen says that will then be the norm. With the ultimate goal being for Hunter to play both ways in one game, he has to be able to consistently do it in practice first.

Jaguars have mapped out Travis Hunter’s practice schedule for training camp

Of course, there are plenty of people who will have to see it to believe it, but anyone doubting Hunter’s ability to play both ways in the league isn’t close to him. Everyone who has interacted with him in college and the NFL will tell you he doesn’t get tired. While the NFL also provides a mental challenge more intense than the collegiate level, Hunter is quick to remind people that he has nothing but time to learn all he needs to learn.

Soon, there will be reports about Hunter making plays on both sides of the ball in a single practice, and then it’ll be happening in real games. If everything goes according to plan, Hunter will eventually be an elite two-way player just like he was in college.

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