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Jaguars Rookie Minicamp: Day 2 observations: Hunter looks the part

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Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen spoke with the media following Day 2 of Rookie Minicamp at the Miller Electric practice fields. Here are a few takeaways from practice and Coen's media availability.

The Jacksonville Jaguars kicked off Rookie Minicamp on Saturday, showcasing the new crop of rookie talents acquired in the 2025 NFL Draft, headlined by wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter. Joining the draft class was an impressive crop of undrafted free agents (UDFAs) and a few notable veteran players. In total, 34 players attended on Saturday, up from the 31 players in 2024’s rookie minicamp. Of this number, 22 participants were undrafted free agents.

#Jaguars roster for Rookie Mini-Camp this weekend, per the team.

Second-year WR Joshua Cephus & TE Shawn Bowman both participating. Only one try-out player QB Kinkead Dent #Jaguars | #DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/ZBP2YoQuSM

— Mia O'Brien (@MiaOBrienTV) May 9, 2025​

Takeaways from Day 2 of Rookie Minicamp

Travis Hunter continued his practice of practicing without gloves, coming away with multiple clean catches and no drops on the day. He was clean out of his breaks on the majority of routes and only one instance of a ball being caught with his body instead of his hands. Breaking news: Travis Hunter looks the part.

Jaguars rookies have been doing drills on the field for 10 minutes and Travis Hunter has already gotten two ovations. pic.twitter.com/ChriXU5tXS

— Michael DiRocco (@ESPNdirocco) May 10, 2025​

Fourth round RB Bhayshul Tuten had himself a solid day early on, looking smooth throughout drills and in the alignment/assignment periods. However, he did suffer one of the only drops of the day.

#Jaguars RB Bhayshul Tuten drilling his footwork and adding the spin cycle

via @TravisDHolmes pic.twitter.com/RPy9yeDnBr

— Big Cat Country (@BigCatCountry) May 10, 2025​

Speaking of drops, Tuten’s counterpart, seventh-round pick RB LeQuint Allen had zero on the day, looking extremely smooth both in his routes and catching the ball. After averaging 40 receiving yards per game in 2024, LeQuint will look to translate that trait to the NFL game.

There weren't too many takeaways for the big guys, with rookie camp being more about orienting to the NFL playbook, processes, communication, and such (IE: primarily about the skill guys). However, with only three offensive linemen in attendance, OL Wyatt Milum manned multiple offensive line spots throughout practice. This may have been simply out of necessity, with the limited options or a larger plan for acclimated moving forward. Only time will tell.

#Jaguars OL Wyatt Milum drilling his hand placement and drive

via @TravisDHolmes pic.twitter.com/8VLEYYtAb3

— Big Cat Country (@BigCatCountry) May 10, 2025​

After practice, Jaguars head coach Liam Coen spoke with the assembled media to provide his takeaways from Day 2 on the grass for the rookie class.

Post-Practice Media Availability:

HC Liam Coen & WR/DB Travis Hunter address the media.@Dream_Finders | #DUUUVAL https://t.co/GnebU7Trp0

— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) May 10, 2025​

Hunter to begin practicing on defense next week

Everyone’s favorite Jacksonville Jaguar, Travis Hunter has been pretty much THE topic of conversation for fans and media alike. As the teams' leadership previously mentioned post-draft, Hunter will initially play on the offensive side of the ball, to later add his defensive orientation. Today Coen mentioned that that plan would include Hunter begining practice with the defense next week.

“He’ll be able to get integrated next week on the defensive side of the ball. We just kind of ended up making a decision that, from yesterday to today, we wanted to be able to clean up some of the things that we may have been able to miss yesterday, get extra reps on the offensive side of the ball, and next week, he’ll start to roll on defense.”

He continued...

“He’s been able to dive in and learn some of our three-deep coverages, what do we call our three-deep coverages on the outside, if he has to be manned up on the backside of a three-by-one, he knows all of those calls already. So, at the end of the day, it’s going to be about, on the defensive side of the ball, communication. The technique and fundamentals, we’ll continue to harp on, but it’s really about being on the same page as the rest of the guys on the back end from a communication standpoint and the rest will kind of take care of itself.”

Speaking of Hunter, his infectious energy continues to show itself, both on the field and in the locker room, as noted after practice by Coen.

“He ran a route yesterday where his shoe came off and it didn’t quite affect him. Made a great catch. It’s more just his presence and the energy he does provide both in the classroom, in the meeting rooms, and also out here on the field.”

Jaguars rookie minicamp vibes. pic.twitter.com/DMSYHmCwTX

— Jamal St. Cyr (@JStCyrTV) May 10, 2025​

Jon Gruden with an assist to Duval

The fraternity of NFL coaches is a small circle, where relationships can often be the key in closing deals with agents, creating market interest with players, or occasionally those relationships can help teams get eyes on an under-the-radar prospect. Per Coach Coen, former NFL head coach and media personality with Barstool Sports, Jon Gruden reached out to direct Coen’s eyes towards prized UDFA QB Seth Henigan out of the University of Memphis.

“I’ll be honest, hadn’t watched a ton of his tape before we ended up bringing him in. Once we did, I got to talk to him. Jon Gruden actually hit me up about him. Shot me a text, I think they spent some time together during the offseason. You can definitely see the coach’s kid mentality. He did a great job of calling the plays and having the command. We weren’t just out there calling one play. We were canning plays, two play calls, he was handling all that stuff well. So, time will tell, but definitely a good guy to start off with.”

Seth was featured on Gruden’s QB Class this off-season, for those who haven’t seen the episode. It’s a great watch for Jaguars fans who want to know a little more about the undrafted quarterback.

Joint practices still in question

Lastly, Coach Coen also advised that he hopes to have joint practices this off-season, as they have many of the past years. However, nothing specific has been locked in to date.

“I hope so. We’ll see. It all kind of depends on the schedule and the league and all that. We haven’t been able to get that information quite yet. We’ll continue to utilize any asset we can to make that work, but we’ve had some communication.”

For those in attendance, what did we miss? Any additional takeaways from Saturday's public attendance Day 2 of Rookie Minicamp? Let us know in the comments!

Source: https://www.bigcatcountry.com/2025/...-day-2-takeaways-travis-hunter-looks-the-part