#travis-hunter

#travis-hunter

The Jacksonville Jaguars made the move in Week 7 to run the offense through rookie two-way threat Travis Hunter -- and it brought out the best in him. He set season highs in catches (eight) and receiving yards (104) and caught his first touchdown pass while the rest of the offense was stagnant during a 35-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. After the Jaguars got back from their Week 8 bye, they planned to turn Hunter loose on offense again. But he suffered a non-contact LCL injury to his right knee during an Oct. 30 practice which derailed that idea.

"I wasn't thinking about that," he said. "I was just thinking about, 'I put the points on the board for the team.' ... I ain't worried about the stats. We've got to do better on the football field. We've got to come out and win. That's what I was most focused on, just doing my job and having the other guys do their job and we come out on top."

Hunter entered the NFL trying to do what few other have done before him -- play both offense and defense on a full-time basis. While the Jaguars are still trying to figure out the former Heisman winner's workload in the NFL, Hunter's versatility is revered around the league. In honor of Hunter's first appearance on "Monday Night Football" against the Kansas City Chiefs ( 8:15 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN), we asked our 32 NFL reporters to find the best player on every team who could have the skills to be a two-way player.

"I'd say you're much more like Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani's hitting and pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers is unparalleled since the early days of Babe Ruth, one of the great contemporary wonders of any professional sport. He was a phenomenon from the moment he stepped on the diamond in 2013. Hunter, 22, is three games into his NFL career as a cornerback and wide receiver and there are no guarantees he'll reach anywhere near the two-way superstardom the way Ohtani has in major league baseball."