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Jacksonville Jaguars star rookie and 2025 second-overall NFL draft pick Travis Hunter suffered a season-ending injury during practice last October, cutting his first season short ahead of the playoff season.
The Jaguars two-way star and 2024 Heisman Trophy winner injured his right knee during practice Oct.
30, 2025, and was placed on the injured reserve list.
An official announcement ending Hunter's season came Nov.
11, 2025.
It was revealed he had undergone a successful surgery to repair his isolated lateral collateral ligament (LCL) injury.
Now, Hunter's back and is documenting his recovery journey to get back on the field ahead of the 2026-27 NFL season.
Here's what we know.
Travis Hunter shares recovery journey in YouTube documentary Hunter's "Road to Recovery" mini docu-series currently has two episodes available on YouTube.
What happened with Travis Hunter? Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter was injured Oct.
30, 2025, while playing on the defensive side of the ball in practice, ahead of the team's Week 9 matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders.
The injury was non-contact.
The Jaguars placed Hunter on injured reserve with a right knee injury Oct.
31, later announcing his successful surgery to repair an isolated lateral collateral ligament (LCL) less than two weeks later.
The procedure was performed by Dr.
Dan Cooper and Jaguars team physician, Dr.
Kevin Kaplan, in Dallas, Texas, according to the team.
Will Travis Hunter play this season? Though Hunter is expected to be a limited participant in on-field activities during the offseason, he should be a full participant on the field by the time training camp begins in late July.
Is Travis Hunter going to play both ways? Yes, the Jaguars are planning for Hunter to play on both sides of the ball.
Hunter had 324 snaps on offense as a wide receiver and 162 on defense as a cornerback last season, according to ESPN.
He averaged 46.2 offensive plays, 23.1 defensive plays and 69.8 plays overall per game.
What is Travis Hunter's rookie contract with the Jaguars? Travis Hunter was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars as the second-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
In June, the wide receiver/defensive back signed a four-year, $46.65 million fully guaranteed contract with the Jaguars, with a $30.57 million signing bonus paid upfront, according to ESPN.
From the football field to your feed: Travis Hunter is everywhere.
See all the ads hes in Is Travis Hunter married? View this post on Instagram Travis and Leanna Hunter got married on May 24, 2025, in Tennessee, according to ESPN.
"On 02/26/2022 you first asked me to be your girlfriend.
Now 3.5 years later, on 05/24/2025, I became your wife," Leanna Hunter wrote in an Instagram post.
"You make me the happiest woman on this planet and I am so excited to spend forever with you." The couple met at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia, and dated throughout Hunter's three-year college career at Jackson State University and University of Colorado, before getting engaged in February 2024, ESPN reported.
They welcomed their son in August 2025.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Jaguars' Travis Hunter injury recovery documented on YouTube.