Travis Hunter is adding muscle, speed and offensive snaps in Jacksonville

Travis Hunter's rookie season ended early with a knee injury, but before that he was doing something the NFL hadn't seen in decades: legitimately playing both sides of the ball at a starter's workload. Now he's back in pads for Jaguars camp and, according to Hunter himself, he's a different physical specimen than the guy who won the Heisman at Colorado and went No. 2 overall a year ago.

Hunter told reporters on July 31 that he's added 10 pounds of muscle and somehow feels lighter on his feet because of it, per Jordan Schultz. He's been clocked running 21-22.5 mph in camp and is chasing a 23 mph top speed, the kind of number that puts him in the same neighborhood as Tyreek Hill, one of the fastest players the league has ever seen. For a guy already doing double duty at receiver and cornerback, that's not a small claim.

The bigger storyline is how Jacksonville is actually deploying him through the practice week. A snap tracker circulating from ESPN's Michael DiRocco shows Hunter's defensive reps holding steady at 8 per day through the first three days of 11-on-11s, while his offensive snaps have started climbing — from 4 on Day 1 and Day 2 up to 7 on Day 3.

That trend matters because of how heavily Hunter leaned on offense as a rookie. Before his season-ending knee injury, he played roughly two-thirds of Jacksonville's offensive snaps and logged far more work at receiver than at corner across the year — 324 offensive snaps to 162 defensive ones, by the numbers. Coaches have suggested Hunter could actually see a heavier defensive workload in 2026 than he did last season, so an offensive snap count that's already trending up through just 3 camp practices is worth watching.

Head coach Liam Coen has been clear that there's no plan to strip offensive reps from Hunter's plate, confirming he'll again be a true two-way player this fall. That's a notable vote of confidence for a $46.6 million rookie deal that came with the entire $30.57 million signing bonus paid up front — an unusual structure for a non-quarterback, and a sign of just how much the Jaguars are banking on Hunter being worth the experiment.

None of this is a finished picture yet — camp reps ebb and flow, and Jacksonville still has to figure out how to keep Hunter fresh across an entire 17-game season without wearing him down. But between the added muscle, the near-Tyreek Hill top speed and the offensive snap count already creeping upward, the early signs point to a Jaguars team that isn't backing off the two-way experiment. If anything, they might be leaning further in.