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Does Jacksonville Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell unknown injury impact Travis Hunter plans?
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Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell is dealing with an undisclosed injury after playing 10 snaps against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1 of the preseason .
Campbell was absent from practice during the media availability portion of practice. After practice, head coach Liam Coen said Campbell was "day-to-day," but did not say what the injury was.
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It is unclear when Campbell was injured, but he was seen after the game waiting with a trainer outside the locker room.
Campbell's injury is the latest to a banged-up defense that is also without top corner Montaric Brown and defensive linemen Maason Smith and Arik Armstead . The team also recently placed veteran corner Levi Wallace on the reserve/injured list, further hampering their depth at corner.
Still, Coen said Campbell's injury will not impact the team's plans with cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter . Hunter has been working on both sides of the ball, but is listed as a starter on offense at receiver, and a backup at corner.
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"No. We'll continue to do kind of what we've been doing out here, where it's offense, defense, offense, defense, getting reps on both sides of the ball throughout the course of practice. Maybe, I think he's going to be primarily more on defense tomorrow and subbing in a little bit on offense. Then Thursday in the scrimmage, he'll do both as well again," Coen said.
Hunter has practiced on both sides of the ball throughout camp and typically will play a couple of days on offense before flipping to the other side of the ball.
Hunter was thought of as one of the top corners in the NFL Draft, a natural at the position and has shown that this summer so far. However, the Jaguars want to play the rookie on offense, allowing him to be one of the top playmakers for quarterback Trevor Lawrence .
In the interim, injuries to the position have given more snaps to backup corner Christian Braswell , who Coen praised when asked about him Monday.
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"I mean, [Braswell] has done everything we've asked him from the beginning. He works his tail off. He's quick twitch. He's strong. He filled the run nicely the other night. I think he has an opportunity to continue to take advantage of those ops, and he's a smart player," Coen said.
"He understands maybe where his strengths and weaknesses are and needs to continue to do good things on special teams as well to continue to try to make this team."
Jaguars focus on fundamentals after sloppy preseason Week 1
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) receives the snap from offensive pass game specialist John Van Dam during an NFL training camp session at the Miller Electric Center, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Jacksonville, Fla. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]
The Jaguars exited last week's exhibition game with plenty to work on after sustaining eight penalties throughout the night, including an alignment issue that caused a false start on the first play of the game.
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As such, Coen put the team through the ringer on Monday, drilling down on their fundamentals.
"Alignment assignment, getting our cleats in the ground when we have a call on both sides of the ball, fundamentals. We did a 40-play alignment-assignment period of just getting the call, getting our cleats in the ground, making loud guttural communication, getting the calls in quickly," said Coen.
"That was what we were really kind of focusing on from an emphasis standpoint. Obviously, some of these guys are going to be a little bit sore that played a lot of snaps in the game. So, we were trying to really hone in on the mind, got conditioning out of it, kind of as well. So that was kind of the thought of today."
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Coen expressed his frustration with the team's performance on defense after Saturday's game, specifically when it came to the team's alignment and some of the spacing players used. The result was quarterback Mason Rudolph going 7 for 7 for 70 yards and a touchdown on the team's first drive against Jacksonville's defense.
He continued that sentiment Monday.
"It was disappointing to see some of the communication errors that we did have, but also just alignment-assignment issues. We have new systems on both sides of the ball. It's going to probably take a little bit more than a preseason game to maybe correct some of the things that we wanted to get corrected and play as sound as we would like to play," Coen said.
Still, it wasn't all bad from the defense. Coen was pleased with the team's fourth-down stop after halftime that led to a Jaguars touchdown. He was also pleased with the team's performance in a four-minute situation near the end of the game.
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What did Liam Coen think of Travis Hunter 's performance?
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) stands next to Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen during an NFL training camp session at the Miller Electric Center, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 in Jacksonville, Fla. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]
While Coen didn't have much to say about Hunter's performance after the game on Saturday, he did expand upon it a bit Monday.
Hunter played 11 snaps on offense and eight snaps on defense at receiver and corner, respectively.
"I think a couple of his just route techniques we've got to continue to work on, but I thought he made the right decisions. His alignment-assignment was all proper and clean," Coen noted.
"Defensively, just got to clean up a few things from an alignment standpoint and just staying in the run in the fit a little bit tighter on that one run that got out, but that's practice and repetition."
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Hunter had one missed tackle against the Steelers on a run, but was a standout in coverage, helping the team tally a sack by blanketing one side of the field.
Hunter didn't seem overly concerned about the missed tackle, though.
"Yeah, we can flush it right away and just get back to business. I know what I've got to do next time," he said after the game.
Demetrius Harvey is the Jacksonville Jaguars reporter for the Florida Times-Union. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @Demetrius82 or on Bluesky @ Demetrius .
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