How ‘nervous’ Travis Hunter fared in dual-threat NFL debut

Travis Hunter had some pregame jitters.

He was candid following the Jaguars’ 31-25 preseason loss to the Steelers on Saturday, his first taste of NFL action.

“I was a little nervous at first,” Hunter said. “But after the first play, I was good.”

Hunter, whom the Jaguars drafted with the No. 2 overall pick in April, played both sides of the ball as expected — 10 snaps on offense at receiver and eight snaps on defense at cornerback.

He caught two passes for 9 yards.

“He made a couple good catches on some option routes and missed the one tackle defensively that I noticed,” head coach Liam Coen said. “I’ll have to watch the tape on how he operated defensively a little bit more, but I thought offensively, he made the right decisions on those option routes. Made a good catch, almost broke out of that one where Trevor [Lawrence] put it behind him on that third down we talked about, but I’ll have to go watch the tape a little bit more to know more.”