JACKSONVILLE – It remained hot, and the work remained good.
The Jaguars began Week 2 of 2025 organized team activities at the Miller Electric Center Tuesday, and Head Coach Liam Coen said afterward he mostly liked what he saw.
"I thought it was definitely cleaner," Coen said.
The Jaguars practiced close to two hours Tuesday, the fourth day of voluntary OTAs at the MEC. The work came after a long Memorial Day Weekend, with six OTA practices and three mandatory minicamp practices remaining in the '25 offseason.
Coen spoke for about 10 minutes following the session, discussing multiple topics – including rookie wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter – and also saying he liked how the team practiced following multiple days away.
"Better than probably expected in that way – in terms of bodies on the ground and practicing cleaner," Coen said. "It was much cleaner than Day 1 when you're just trying to come in and get it going again after a few days off.
"Was it perfect? No. But I thought it was definitely better than the previous Monday, if you will."
Hunter also remained a major '25 OTA storyline – with defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile on Tuesday speaking highly of the player the Jaguars selected No. 2 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
"He's a special guy," Campanile said.
Hunter, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner who is expected to play extensively on both offense and defense, worked with the offense on Tuesday, as he did on OTA Day 1 – the previous day in which '25 OTA practice was open to the media.
Hunter worked extensively with the defense last Wednesday in OTA Day 3.
"He's a really, really bright guy," Campanile said. "Everybody has been really impressed with his ability to retain the information. He has been out there with us on defense. He was on offense [Tuesday]. He has done a great job with that. I can't imagine another guy being any better suited to handle that."
Coen called Hunter's work with the defense last Wednesday "good."
"He's still learning," Coen said. "He has been learning a ton defensively and offensively, as we know. It wasn't a ton of 11 on 11, seven on seven. It was more fundamentals, techniques, communication. That was what kind of last Wednesday was.
"He has been learning with those guys and meeting with them extra as he has needed to."
Coen said Hunter, who is expected to be the first player NFL in nearly three decades to play extensively full-time both offense and defense, likely won't practice with both offense and defense on the same day during OTAs.
"We won't put him in that situation to have him do that, although I'm sure he'd probably want to," Coen said. "He still meets defensively every day that he's on offense, so he's getting the mental part of it and is able to catch up on some of the communication, some of the corrections off the film from the defensive side of the ball.
"He's getting a lot of the mental and it would probably be unfair to put him out on the grass and do both and ask him to go do that and see success."
Coen said he expects Hunter will practice on both sides of the ball at some point during the regular season.
"In season, he's going to probably have to, just because it's the way practices are kind of organized," Coen said. "He's definitely going to have to do that. I envision maybe a third-down day in season where he's playing receiver, but he's also going to have to go get some reps on defense and be able to do some of those things. It will come up, absolutely.
"Just from the teaching and the initial stages of it, don't really see that being something we'll do anytime soon, mentally."
Coen on Tuesday praised Hunter's progress learning the offense.
"We don't just line up in trips right and double left and high right all that often," Coen said. "Just from a system standpoint, it has a lot of moving parts. There's a lot of motion. He's going to have some mistakes, as have a lot of guys. There are going to be some. But I don't think we've had a complete ton of plays where he has not known what to do.
"There may be an instance where he aligns right, runs the route, but maybe he's a yard or two short or he missed – things like that, the little details that he'll continue to learn.
"I think he's about where we would expect as an offensive coach."
Scroll to see the best photos of a Tuesday back to work for the Jaguars at the Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville, Florida. 🏈
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter (12) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter (12) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars tight end John Copenhaver (43) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Ja'Quinden Jackson (38) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Ja'Quinden Jackson (38) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby (4) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby (4) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby (4) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back running back Keilan Robinson (31) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back running back Keilan Robinson (31) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive end Myles Cole (59) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive lineman Emmanuel Ogbah (90) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver J.J. Jones (87) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver J.J. Jones (87) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Dyami Brown (5) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Eli Pancol (10) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver J.J. Jones (87) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter (12) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Parker Washington (11) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (7) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (7) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (7) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Austin Trammell (81) and wide receiver Eli Pancol (10) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars safety Cam'Ron Silmon-Craig (32) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receivers Cam Camper (17) and Eli Pancol (10) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Ja'Quinden Jackson (38) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars punter Logan Cooke (9) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defense during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker (44) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Dyami Brown (5) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby (4) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars tight end Brenton Strange (85) and wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter (12) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) and tight end Brenton Strange (85) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars cornerback Jourdan Lewis (2) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars tight ends during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver Eli Pancol (10) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter (12) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars wide receivers during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars running back Keilan Robinson (31) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen (41) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive line during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars defensive line during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Jaguars offensive lineman Chuma Edoga (55) during OTAs at the Miller Electric Center on May 27, 2025.
