Hunter Locks It Down: Jaguars Training Camp Day 4 highlights & observations

The after a dominant Friday practice for the Jacksonville Jaguars defense, the offense got back to basics on Sunday with a bounce back performance from the receiving core. Here are our top highlights and observations from Day 4 of Jaguars’ training camp at the Miller Electric Center practice fields.

Notes from practice

• CB Jourdan Lewis continues to stack up back to back to back performances with another quality day in coverage. Today’s play of the day nominee was a diving pass breakup (pbu) on a Nick Mullens attempt to Austin Trammel. He ended the day with 2-3 pbus.
• CB Travis Hunter completed his second consecutive day on defense, with a dominant day in coverage. Hunter would end the day with three total pass breakups, two of which were near interceptions.

He followed this near-interception with a diving endzone pass breakup from Lawrence intended for Brian Thomas Jr. With two near-interceptions today, it just seems that Hunter is a magnet for the football, finding him wherever he is.

• All eyes remain on the safety position, with the defense continuing to rotate the safety position opposite of S Eric Murray on a day by day basis.
• WR Joshua Cephus had himself a rebound day with multiple intermediate catches. The WR5 competition continues to be a day by day battle between Cephus and Eli Pancol. Pancol had a quiet day, with his notable contribution of the day being a catch that was stripped away by Deantre Prince for a fumble. Additionally, Austin Trammell continues to make a few splash plays in the short and intermediate zones, to potentially make a push into this completion, where special teams play may weigh heavily.
• QB Trevor Lawrence had another solid day, with only 1-2 uncatchable balls identified on the day, per my count. The offense, however, did have one miscommunication on the day.

Additionally, backup QB Nick Mullens was also pretty accurate in this one.

• WR Brian Thomas Jr was his normal WR1 self in today’s practice with a highlight, back of the endzone, contested touchdown from Lawrence in the two-minute period. He also brought in a long catch down the middle of the field in the 7-on-7 period to confirm the bounce back day. He would later add two additional shorter catches to today’s resume, with room to run on both.

OC Grant Udinski had this to say about Thomas after practice:

“It was good to see him get his opportunities and come down with some of those catches. I think when you have those off days, when you’re a player like BTJ, you kind of expect that bounce-back day a little bit. The anticipation is that he will make those plays. So, there was never really any worry or doubt that he was a guy who could come down with some of those catches that he didn’t come down with. It was just a matter of time and execution.”

• RB LeQuint Allen dropped a 7-on-7 check down from Trevor Lawrence, his first drop that I can recall in camp. As a note, some media members saw this play as more of a fumble after the catch. However, it may be labeled, it was the first mistake we’ve seen from the sure-handed back out of Syracuse.
• K Cam Little went 4/4 on field goals in the kicking period, making the longest from around 45-yards out. He made 5/5 during the earlier warmups, with a long of about 50-yards. He then wrapped up his day, going 2/2 in the two-minute drill period, resulting in a perfect day for Cam.
• The team brings out the pads on Monday! The sold out practice will allow fans and media their first glimpses of the Jaguars offensive line, defensive line, and run game. Be sure to lock in your tickets for Tuesday!

Injuries

• G Patrick Mekari: was still out due to back spasms and tightness.
• CB Montaric Brown: continues to be day to day. He has been held out of three consecutive practices as a precaution.
• TE Johnny Mundt: day to day with an undisclosed injury.
• WR Louis Rees-Zammit: day to day with an undisclosed injury.
• DT Maason Smith & LB Dennis Gardeck are both still on the Active/PUP list

Notes from pressers

DE Josh Hines-Allen had this to say about bringing out the pads tomorrow:

“I think we’re going to be good. I’m excited about pads tomorrow. More physical up front, I think it really affects the front, the front four, front seven, more than anybody else. But I’m ready to put my face in. I’m ready for contact. I’m ready to have some contact and really see what it’s about. So, I’m excited.”

You can catch the entire presser here.

Stay tuned for more updates from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 2025 training camp!