Jacksonville Jaguars sign Travis Hunter to four-year, $46.65 million rookie contract

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced on Sunday that Travis Hunter had signed his rookie contract with the team. According to multiple reports, Hunter’s contract is for four years and worth $46.65 million. It also includes a $30.57 million signing bonus and is fully guaranteed.

Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Travis Hunter will receive his entire signing bonus upfront. That will make him the first non-quarterback not drafted first overall to get all of his signing bonus upfront.

Hunter was selected by the Jaguars in the first round (No. 2 overall) in this year’s NFL draft. He is now the 30th of the first-round picks in this year’s draft to officially sign his contract. The two players that have yet to sign are Shemar Stewart of the Cincinnati Bengals and Jahdae Barron of the Denver Broncos.

Hunter played cornerback and wide receiver during his two seasons at Colorado. He became the best player in college football last season, winning the Heisman Trophy and the AP College Football Player of the Year award. During the 2024 season, Hunter caught 96 passes for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns as a receiver. At the cornerback position, the 22-year-old recorded 36 tackles with four interceptions and 11 passes defended.

Jacksonville Jaguars set plan for Travis Hunter

But will Hunter play both positions with the Jaguars? “We built a plan and then sat him down and really talked through it,” Jaguars coach Liam Coen said during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show. “How does he learn? What is the best ways that he learns? We did gain some of that information throughout the draft process, but when you actually sit down with him and get a feeling, ‘Well, he likes to walk-through more than sit in a meeting-room setting, so let’s do more walk-throughs.’ Every day he was on offense, he also met with the defensive staff in the afternoons, and vice versa. 

“Typically throughout this offseason, he was on one side of ball in practice, and he didn’t flip-flop. Today, he did. And he played both sides of the ball in practice today and that will have to continue on throughout training camp where he’s playing on both sides of the ball and getting that mental and physical endurance throughout the training camp, because that’s what he’s going to have to do in games. So ultimately, we’re building a foundation right now of both sides of the football, but he’s going to have to do both in practice because that’s what the game is going to be like, and we’ll sit down and reevaluate what we did this spring to see what’s the best moving forward.”