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Travis Kelce issues early warning for Jaguars star Travis Hunter as NFL braces for rookie's two-way test in 2025 season

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Kyle Crabbs | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 11:06 AM ET

The usage for new Jacksonville Jaguars star Travis Hunter is going to be one of the most fascinating storylines to watch unfold in 2025.

It isn't often that you see a legitimate two-way talent enter the league. Based off of Jacksonville's investment into Hunter and their messaging since making the pick at No. 2 overall this spring, it continues to appear as though Hunter is going to get massive amounts of work on either side of the football each and every week. Such a role requires supreme conditioning, which Hunter has already illustrated throughout his time in college. He played over 1,400 snaps for Colorado in 2024, with over 700 of those snaps apiece coming on either side of the ball.

But one of the NFL's biggest stars may have just touched on the conversation each and every NFL team bracing to face Hunter in 2025 is set to have this fall, which would put the second-overall pick to the ultimate test on game days.

Travis Kelce on how teams will target Travis Hunter

Travis Kelce may have leaked the game plan for when the Chiefs visit the Jags on Monday Night Football

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— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) July 5, 2025

"If (Hunter) plays corner, they're going to run deep balls at him all day."

— Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce on Travis Hunter playing both ways

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce recently made an appearance on 'Bussin' With The Boys' and suggested that a two-way role for Hunter in the NFL is going to be a first-class ticket to a whole bunch of cardio. The idea that teams would deliberately target a bunch of extra work and load on Hunter's legs makes plenty of sense.

There's reason to believe Hunter, who played his home games in Boulder, CO, can withstand the cardiovascular tax, however. Boulder is 5,430 feet above sea level. So if you can play two-ways in that environment, surely he can handle the taxing load of defending go balls and deep posts at an NFL stadium.

The wear and tear element should be much more of a concern than the physical conditioning to run deep for Hunter. He's not the most dense frame as a player and the load of both taking hits in traffic and subsequently delivering hits as a defender looms much more of a threat to Hunter staying on the field. But it's at least nice for the second-overall pick to have that little extra heads up to stay in shape going into 2025 as he tries to fulfill Jacksonville's ambitious vision for his talent.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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