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Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 NFL Draft position preview: Could CB Travis Hunter be an option?
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Tyson Campbell has missed a third of the team's games in the last two years because of injuries and is heading into his fifth season.
Second-year pro Jarrian Jones is a slot corner.
And Buster Brown , a fourth-year pro, is a sure tackler, a hard worker and gives great effort. But he won't get any faster than the 4.55 he ran at the 2022 NFL Combine, which is why he lasted until the seventh round of the draft.
Colorado cornerback/wide receiver Travis Hunter celebrates a touchdown against Cincinnati on Oct. 26, 2024 at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.
Although the Jaguars dipped into free agency to sign veteran Jourdan Lewis , who can play slot and outside, the temptation to add a cover corner might be too much to resist if the right opportunity presents itself on April 24 on the first night of the draft.
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Such as Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter falling to the Jaguars No. 5 position in the first round?
Of the four teams ahead of the Jaguars , Tennessee , Cleveland and the New York Giants are quarterback-hungry. New England needs to go offensive tackle. That could leave the Jaguars with the opportunity to take Hunter (and perhaps use him at wide receiver).
2025 NFL Draft: Top-five cornerbacks
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Travis Hunter , Colorado, 6-0, 188, projected top-five pick.
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Will Johnson , Michigan, 6-1, 194, projected first round.
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Jahdae Barron , Texas, 5-10, 194, projected late first round.
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Maxwell Hairston , Kentucky, 5-11, 183, projected late first round, second round.
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Trey Amos , Ole Miss, 6-0, 195, projected second round.
Jaguars might get help in later rounds
If the Jaguars use their first pick for defensive or offensive lines, there's a good chance to pick up cornerback help in the second round.
Kentucky's Maxwell Hairston ran the fastest 40-yard dash time at the 2025 NFL Combine.
Provided he lasts that long, one intriguing pick would be Kentucky's Maxwell Hairston, who at 4.28 ran the fastest 40-yard dash among all players at the NFL Combine. Also available might be Jahdae Brown of Texas (who ran a 4.39 40), and if the Jaguars want a good best combination of size and speed, they might find him in Trey Amos of Ole Miss, who is 6-foot-1 and runs a 4.43.
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Can the Jaguars wait even longer?
While Hunter is the star of the cornerback class, it's a pretty deep cornerback draft.
Dane Brugler's "The Beast" guide lists 31 cornerbacks as prospects to be drafted, 10 as high as the second round and 16 as potential fourth-round picks or higher.
There are a couple of possible third-day picks, or late third-rounders in Iowa State's Darien Porter , who is tall (6-3), long and runs a 4.3 40-yard dash; and Kansas State's Jacob Parish, a bit on the small side (5-9) but with decent speed (4.35).
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 NFL Draft preview: CB might be option early
