The Jacksonville Jaguars made the first splash of the 2025 NFL Draft .
Set to pick with the fifth-overall pick Thursday night, Jacksonville moved up to second overall, acquiring the pick from the Cleveland Browns to potentially select Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter .
First-year general manager James Gladstone said at the NFL Combine that he wanted to be bold, and he followed through with that Thursday night, sending pick Nos. 5, 36, 126 in 2025 and their 2026 first-round pick to Cleveland. They received a fourth-round pick (104) and a sixth-round pick (200) in addition to the second-overall pick.
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Hunter potentially gives Jaguars head coach Liam Coen a chess-piece player on the roster to utilize on both sides of the ball. It provides both help for quarterback Trevor Lawrence and a defense that was ranked dead last in pass coverage in 2024.
Coen said during the pre-draft process at the NFL Owner's Meetings that any team drafting Hunter would play both sides of the ball at the next level.
"I think you have to be fluid as an organization with the signing of a Travis Hunter , right? Because of his versatility, what he can do, the amount of snaps he plays," Coen said. "He's going to play both sides of the ball, and that has to be an organizational buy-in from the coaches, the strength staff, the athletic training, sports performance."
Now, they'll get him in the building with the potential to make an impact at both positions .
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: NFL Draft: Jacksonville Jaguars trade up in Round 1 for No. 2 pick
