Deion Sanders believes Travis Hunter should play both ways, all the time

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Last month, Colorado coach Deion Sanders expressed disappointment that the Jaguars never contacted him regarding former Buffaloes superstar Travis Hunter. In a more recent interview, the topic came up again regarding whether the Jaguars will pick Deion's brain. " They’re not going to ask me ," Sanders told D.J. Saddiqi of Covers.com. "I thank God that you're asking me. The kid won the Heisman Trophy playing both sides of the ball. That's all I've got to say on that.” Deion later said a bit more, on the topic of the player(s) to whom Hunter could be compared. "There's no comparison to what he's able to produce on the field," Sanders said. "It's no comparison. I can't say who I would compare him to, because I would be lessening that person. That's not fair to him or the persons that I'm comparing it to. He's different, man." The Jaguars made Travis Hunter a part-time two-way player in 2025, taking roughly two-thirds of the offensive snaps in the seven games he played and roughly one-third of the defensive snaps. A knee injury ended Hunter's rookie season prematurely, underscoring the durability concerns raised by taking practice and game reps on both sides of the ball. Yes, Hunter did it — and did it well — in college. Doing it in the NFL against the best of the best competition is a very different proposition.