Travis Hunter didn’t start a game on both offense and defense during the NFL preseason, but Elijah Chatman did.
While Hunter is the two-way phenom and Jaguars rookie whose Week 1 debut is much anticipated, Chatman is just hoping for an elevation from the Giants practice squad Sunday against the Commanders after he was the team’s most surprising cut at last week’s trim from 90 to 53 players.
“He does what he does,” Chatman laughed when he was mentioned alongside the Heisman Trophy winner and No. 2 pick in April’s draft, “and I’m going to do what I can do.”
It initially looked like Chatman had climbed off the preseason roster bubble by returning to his SMU roots and moonlighting at fullback when not lined up at defensive tackle. He played 38 percent of the regular-season defensive snaps as an undrafted rookie last season.