Deion Sanders says Travis Hunter should be on the field at all times, after Jaguars contact disappointment

Colorado coach Deion Sanders believes Travis Hunter’s best professional path is to play both ways as often as possible, and the stance comes wrapped in a separate grievance about the Jacksonville Jaguars not reaching out to Sanders about Hunter. Sanders’ comments, reported by Yahoo Sports, reference disappointment he said he felt last month. The underlying issue was that the Jaguars reportedly never contacted him regarding the former Colorado star, even as Hunter’s two-way value has been a major part of his public identity since his time in college. Sanders frames the situation as a missed opportunity to communicate with the person he still considers central to Hunter’s development. In Sanders’ view, Hunter is not simply a novelty athlete who can handle a trick role. The Colorado coach’s position is that Hunter should be used as a full-time two-way player whenever possible. That argument is consistent with how Hunter is often described: a playmaking talent who has shown the physical tools and instincts to impact both receiver and defensive back responsibilities in the same season. The Jaguars context matters because the team’s roster-building decisions hinge on whether a club can truly find stable football value from a two-way skill set at the professional level. In the modern NFL, special teams snaps can bridge the gap for hybrid athletes, but sustaining meaningful offensive and defensive work is rare. Sanders’ insistence that Hunter should be on the field “all the time” highlights the tension between ideal usage and practical roster management. Colorado’s program is also watching the conversation, even though the story is about the Jaguars’ interest. Sanders is in his second act as a college coach and a public figure who often treats roster-fit decisions as as much culture as Xs and Os. By publicly advocating for a constant two-way role, Sanders is effectively putting pressure on the NFL front-office logic that says such usage carries football and workload risks. For Hunter personally, the main takeaway is that his two-way profile is not fading with graduation. Rather, it remains a central storyline even as his next step moves from college evaluation to NFL role definition. The question going forward is whether professional coaches can translate Hunter’s traits into a package that teams can trust weekly, without sacrificing the reliability that every defense and every offense demands. What to watch next is whether Jacksonville clarifies its internal plan for how it intends to evaluate and use Hunter, particularly as training camp approaches. If the Jaguars treat Hunter as a hybrid piece with a constrained snap plan, Sanders’ “all the time” framing will stand as a contrast in philosophies. If the Jaguars carve out wider usage, Sanders’ comments will read less like a disagreement and more like a blueprint getting adopted from the outside.

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