Jacksonville Jaguars' Travis Hunter: Olympic-Level Speed Underrated?

In response, 247Sports' Adam Munsterteiger came to Hunter's defense and explained how special of an athlete the former Colorado star truly is.

"NFL folks still no clue that Travis Hunter's stamina is on a different level than others. Greg Sholars, director of AP Ranch & longtime college track coach: 'I've coached Olympic-level sprinters, quarter milers, and I can honestly say I can put Travis on the track with any of them,'" posted Munsterteiger onto social media.

While at Colorado, Hunter averaged 111.5 snaps per game while no other player has averaged over 78 snaps per game since 2015. According to the Buffaloes team site, Hunter played 1,460 snaps out of 1,725 possible team snaps in 2024, meaning the Jaguars rookie was on the field for roughly 85 percent of the season in his last year of college football.

Most impressive, Hunter accomplished such a feat while playing a majority of games at altitude in Boulder, Colorado.

Despite Hunter's unprecedented snap count, Kelce still questioned how the Jacksonville rookie will pull it off, playing both cornerback and wide receiver in the NFL:

“See, that’s the thing," Kelce said. "I don’t know how they’re going to divvy it out. I don’t know because teams are going to be going after him. They’re going to try and make his day miserable. Dude, if he plays corner, they’re just going to run deep balls at him all day. The wide receivers just take off on him all day. Just to try to get him tired. Why wouldn’t you just attack him that way?”

However, the Kansas City star might be mistaken in his assumption of Jacksonville's plans regarding Hunter's split on offense and defense. After selecting Hunter with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Jaguars coach Liam Coen told reporters that the team plans to play Hunter primarily on offense to start while installing some special defensive packages that feature Hunter at cornerback.

"We’ll have a plan right now of [him playing] primarily on offense, with him learning the defensive system and practicing on the defensive side of the ball as well throughout this offseason program," said Coen.

The Jaguars coach stayed true to his word as Hunter started working with the offense during rookie minicamp. However, the Buffaloes legend also participated in defensive drills throughout the offseason. At the final day mandatory minicamp, Hunter worked with both sides of the ball during one practice for the first time in his young NFL career.