Jaguars camp is barely a week old and Travis Hunter is already the headline. On Sunday alone he logged 39 total snaps in 11-on-11 work, splitting 24 on defense and 15 on offense, and made a habit of showing up on both highlight reels. He hauled in two touchdown catches from Trevor Lawrence, one on a deep over route and another over-the-shoulder job down the sideline, then flipped over to defense and picked off a Nick Mullens pass intended for tight end Quintin Morris that would've been six the other way had it happened in a real game.
That two-way workload is exactly the tension fantasy managers have been sweating since the offseason. Reports out of Jacksonville suggest the team wants Hunter leaning more toward cornerback in 2026, with people in the building reportedly viewing him as a potential top-10 corner sooner than later. That's great for the Jaguars' secondary. It's a headache for anyone trying to figure out how many snaps he's actually getting at receiver on a given Sunday.
Offensive coordinator Grant Udinski isn't hiding his excitement about what Hunter brings when the ball's in his hands, and it shows in the two scores off Lawrence. Trevor Lawrence himself has looked sharp connecting with a rotating cast of targets, including touchdowns to Brian Thomas Jr., though he's also thrown his share of picks against a Jaguars secondary that's been picking off everybody, Hunter included, in the same practices he's torching cornerbacks in.
Here's the fantasy math. Hunter's ADP currently sits around pick 69 overall, the 10th pick of the 6th round, per FantasyPros data, which prices him as a boom-or-bust flier rather than a locked-in WR2. That number was built on uncertainty about his workload, and camp so far isn't clearing it up. The offensive line and offensive coaching staff clearly want him deployed on offense in specific game plans rather than every single snap, which means weekly usage could swing hard depending on matchups. If you're drafting him, know what you're buying: a ceiling play who needs volume to hit it, not a set-it-and-forget-it WR3.
Down in the backfield, Chris Rodriguez Jr. is working his way back from a left foot injury suffered during offseason conditioning. He returned to practice Wednesday on a gradual ramp-up, sat out early team drills despite being medically cleared, then got back into 11-on-11 work by Sunday with a couple of carries. Rodriguez says the plan is to be ready for Week 1, and head coach Liam Coen has pointed out his game tends to show up best once the pads come on in full-contact work.
That backfield picture matters more than it usually would because Jacksonville's leading rusher from a year ago, Travis Etienne Jr., is gone to New Orleans. Rodriguez signed in free agency after rushing for 500 yards and 6 touchdowns on 112 carries with Washington last season, and he currently profiles as the physical complement to speed back Bhayshul Tuten, with LeQuint Allen also in the mix. Nobody has been handed the lead role yet, and the Jaguars appear content to let camp and preseason sort it out organically. Until Rodriguez proves he's fully past the foot issue, treat him as a late-round dart throw rather than a bet on volume.
The next few weeks of padded practices and preseason snaps are going to tell the real story here. Watch Hunter's offensive snap share once things get more physical, watch whether Rodriguez climbs the depth chart as he shakes off the rust, and keep an eye on how the Jaguars' pass rush and secondary, now getting help from a potential star cornerback, factor into the team's win total and defensive prop markets. This is a roster with real fantasy intrigue at three different positions, and camp has only sharpened the questions instead of answering them.