Jaguars Reveal Early Plans For Travis Hunter's 2026

"Yeah, I think very fair to say his rehab process is going as expected. He's hitting it hard and obviously the joy that he brings to just the everyday operation is still something that permeates throughout the space that he enters and beyond that and the role that he'll play, we still expect him to play on both sides of the ball," Gladstone said.

"Obviously you can take a peek at expiring contracts on our roster and which side of the ball has more. Obviously at this point walking into the offseason, corner is a position that we have a few guys who are on expiring contracts. By default, you can expect there to be a higher emphasis on his placement."

Hunter looked primed to get an expanded role on both sides of the ball after the Jaguars' bye week, but a freak injury in the middle of the season prevented the Jaguars from seeing that vision get realized.

"I think from Liam's perspective, he can share it, but the steps he was taking by the midpoint of the season really made us feel good about what the back half of the year was going to be like on both sides of the ball and what that impact was going to look like being a feature point on offense and an impact player on defense," Gladstone said.

"It was disappointing timing but nonetheless feel good about where we are heading into this offseason and what next year should hold."

It feels like it is too early to say this is what Hunter's entire 2026 will look like, but it does appear that we at least have a starting point for the Jaguars' offseason plans and how they see their roster around Hunter.

"Yeah, I think it's all part of this evaluation process. I never really look at anybody as, like, one or two or three. It's just who do we have on the roster? That's going to be active and that we can continue to work with and prepare through the offseason program with. For him right now it's about getting his rehab right and diving in mentally because of some of the limitations we'll have throughout the offseason program," Coen said.

"But I'm really excited about getting back to work with Travis and continue that evolution and see what that looks like and I'm going to take a few of these weeks here to look at that schedule and see what that... any of those changes or adaptations we may need to make.

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