{"id":75447,"date":"2025-08-17T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75447\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:39:07","slug":"jaguars-wr-cb-travis-hunter-misses-second-preseason-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/75447\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaguars WR\/CB Travis Hunter misses second preseason game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755448747_794_dirocco_michael.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Michael DiRoccoAug 17, 2025, 12:28 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner.<\/p>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ca6fb778-cbf6-d9a3-3e93-01230335fcab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/jax\/jacksonville-jaguars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> wide receiver\/cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"c39cf8be-f94e-3db4-9c3a-fcc72135a03f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4685415\/travis-hunter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis Hunter<\/a> is among 11 injured starters or key players who will not participate in Sunday&#8217;s preseason game in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/no\/new-orleans-saints\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Orleans<\/a>, the team announced.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter is dealing with what coach Liam Coen said was an upper body injury. Coen held Hunter out of Friday&#8217;s walkthrough as a precaution. Hunter was at the practice and stood with a play sheet next to wide receivers coach Edgar Bennett.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaguars announced Saturday morning that their starters would play against the Saints. However, that doesn&#8217;t include right tackle <a data-player-guid=\"84688c57-d24c-3348-bf1a-46aa75be55a8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4692525\/anton-harrison\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anton Harrison<\/a> (lower body), guard\/tackle <a data-player-guid=\"1daace73-db38-696c-d0fd-a538e1079120\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3701582\/chuma-edoga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chuma Edoga<\/a> (lower body), cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"5235f9a5-e8e2-d876-2ed4-83deb390b1b3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4379397\/tyson-campbell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Campbell<\/a> (upper body), defensive tackle <a data-player-guid=\"5a1a8f38-1683-80d6-32a0-ee8637300618\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/2971275\/arik-armstead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arik Armstead<\/a> (back) and defensive tackle <a data-player-guid=\"1d2eeda3-a50b-3ef5-8b05-667ce4498691\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4431567\/maason-smith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maason Smith<\/a> (lower body), who was activated from the physically unable to perform list Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45995579\/saints-rookie-qb-tyler-shough-start-vs-jaguars\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1527338_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45908900\/2025-nfl-season-positional-group-best-worst-quarterbacks-cornerbacks-receivers\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1526220_2_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Key reserves in offensive tackle <a data-player-guid=\"af999d53-9a0f-bb3c-8257-5e6f3e9edcce\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4035791\/cole-van-lanen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Van Lanen<\/a> (shoulder), cornerback <a data-player-guid=\"53801fbc-dcdc-1031-3331-dd72aca53a32\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4242149\/montaric-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montaric Brown<\/a> (lower body), linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"f7f9ba2d-fa13-3b11-a613-91669d38f136\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4576129\/jalen-mcleod\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen McLeod<\/a> (lower body) and safety <a data-player-guid=\"174ab282-6d1c-3a01-8241-16e8299943a7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4683347\/caleb-ransaw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Ransaw<\/a> (lower body) have not been practicing because of injuries. In addition, linebacker <a data-player-guid=\"fbfc0582-5419-65cb-607f-64f92fd9bf51\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4334300\/dennis-gardeck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis Gardeck<\/a> (knee) is being held out as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p>Wide receiver <a data-player-guid=\"2c787d57-fd60-9e8b-1e7f-d8aecc7a4cbb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4361577\/dyami-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dyami Brown<\/a> also will not play, though the team has not announced an injury for him.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter has been practicing on both sides of the ball and has participated in 364 snaps in 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 in the previous 15 practices, including 17 on offense and 16 on defense in Thursday&#8217;s scrimmage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael DiRoccoAug 17, 2025, 12:28 PM ET CloseMichael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-75447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}