Jaguars GM Confirms Travis Hunter “CB Percentage and [Snap] Count” Will Go Up

By Shane Hallam | Updated on Wed, May 6 2026 8:16 PM UTC

Jaguars GM James Gladstone said he expects Travis Hunter to play both offense and defense again this season, and that the team is “absolutely not” done using him as a two-way player. He added that Hunter’s CB percentage and defensive snap count should rise. Hunter played 324 snaps at WR and 162 at CB last season, which matches the earlier reports pointing to a bigger defensive role. Gladstone did not call Hunter a “full-time” CB, but it sounds like those snap counts could be much closer to even in 2026.

What They're Saying

GM James Gladstone on the Rich Eisen Show: “He is set to play both sides of the ball. The piece we can expect to see is an uptick in CB usage. Last year, it was a higher volume/percentage at WR usage than it was CB. We can expect to see that CB percentage and count go up as we move forward.

That’s not to say anything affects his usage and availability on offense. It just means that CB usage will increase.

It’s not to say that it won’t increase on offense either. We have a different defense CB room. Our roster construction is different than a year ago, so it’s more fitting to slot him in at CB than it was last year.”

2026 Fantasy Football Impact

We’ve touched on this multiple times, but it’s still worth gathering more information. Hunter’s current Underdog ADP is 14.03. If he gets near full-time WR snaps, that would be a steal. If he plays full-time CB, it looks like a wasted pick.

Gladstone made it pretty clear that Hunter’s CB share will rise, even if he hedged by saying it will not affect Hunter’s availability on offense. Despite that hedge, the message was clear: this CB room looks weaker than it did a year ago and needs Hunter more than the WRs do.

This backs up previous reports from Cameron Wolfe and Ian Rapoport. Now we have it from the team itself, even if Gladstone stopped short of saying Hunter would be full-time on defense.

We don’t like taking Hunter in any format at this cost, even if it seems low. The downside is a roster-clogging zero. The upside is a bench player who still sits behind Brian Thomas, Jakobi Meyers, and Parker Washington.

Taking Meyers or Washington is a much better bet.

Even in IDP leagues, more CB snaps than WR snaps kill Hunter’s appeal as an offensive player you can use in an IDP slot.

More CB snaps keep Hunter's fantasy floor thin. He still needs a WR-heavy split to pay off.

Shane Hallam, Writer

Shane has over 20 years of experience creating content and playing every fantasy football format, including redraft, dynasty, devy, C2C, IDP, CFF, and more. He is a multi-year winner of $500 dynasty leagues on the FFPC and a King's Classic Champion. Shane utilizes deep film and scheme study to enhance his fantasy performance. He led the industry in 2024 preseason Kicker Rankings and ranked second in preseason QB Rankings. He also ranked eighth in preseason IDP rankings.