LONDON (AP) — Travis Hunter’s wild Wembley day showcased the two-way star’s immense talent, even in a losing effort.
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day → showcase → effort
Hunter caught a touchdown pass and picked off a C.J. Stroud pass in the other end zone in the fourth quarter of Jacksonville’s 34-31 loss on Sunday.
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Hunter → catch → Sunday
Still, the second-year player showcased why the Jaguars made the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner the No. 2 overall pick in the 2025 draft.
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winner → showcase → draft
“He definitely helped put us in a position to win that game today,” coach Liam Coen said.
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Coen → put → game
The Jags had been playing Hunter almost exclusively at cornerback this season, but he got more involved in the offense Sunday.
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he → play → offense
He caught four passes for 59 yards.
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He → catch → yards
In the fourth quarter, Hunter caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Trevor Lawrence to cut Houston’s lead to 31-28.
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Hunter → catch → 31
He then picked off Stroud in the end zone, and Cam Little connected on a 60-yard field goal to tie the score.
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Little → pick → score
The Texans still had enough time to move down the field and Ka’imi Fairbairn kicked a 49-yard field goal as time expired for the win.
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time → have → win
Hunter’s two-for made him just the fifth player in the Super Bowl era, including the playoffs, to both score a touchdown and intercept a pass in the same game.
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him → make → game
“It’s definitely a special place for me,” he said of Wembley Stadium, where a year ago he scored his first NFL touchdown.
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he → ’ → touchdown
“Every time I’ve come me out here I’m able to shine and do what I have to do.
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I → come → what
But we just got to continue to win.
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we → got → ?
I need more wins here.”
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I → need → wins
Hunter made three defenders miss on a 26-yard reception in the third quarter.
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defenders → make → quarter
“Travis played awesome, made some huge plays for us, gave us a spark,” Lawrence said.
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Lawrence → play → spark
“It was cool to get him involved.
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him → get → ?
He’s special with the ball in his hands.”
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He → ’ → hands
Hunter was flagged for pass interference on Nico Collins to give the Texans first-and-goal from the 1 late in the first half.
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Hunter → flag → half
They scored — Foster Moreau ’s second TD catch — for a 17-14 lead.
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They → score → lead
Collins early in the game put a stutter step on Hunter and got past him for a 42-yard catch to the Jacksonville 9.
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Collins → put → Jacksonville
That led to Houston’s first touchdown and a 7-0 lead.
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That → lead → touchdown
“My teammates came to me and just told me, after I gave up that deep ball, ‘Travis just go out there and be yourself, next-play mindset,’” he said.
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he → come → ball
“They kept me uplifted.”
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They → keep → me
Hunter felt like Collins had pushed off on another deep ball on the drive where he picked off Stroud.
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he → feel → Stroud
“My mindset was just turn it around and just go out there and make a play when the opportunity presents itself,” he said.
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he → turn → itself
On his touchdown, he told the coach “‘I’m ready to go whenever you’re ready for me.’
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you → tell → me
He put me in the right position and called the right play for me to go out there and do what I do.”
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I → put → what
Coen suggested there’s more to come from Hunter offensively.
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Coen → suggest → Hunter
“That was part of the plan, getting him a little bit more involved early, made some critical plays for us on both sides of the football obviously,” Coen said.
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Coen → get → football
“I was proud of the way he competed, made some plays for us on offense.
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he → compete → offense
Lawrence had a big day — finishing 24 of 41 for 306 yards with four touchdown passes.
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Lawrence → have → passes
But he also threw an interception in the end zone in the second quarter.
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he → throw → quarter
He was trying to get the ball to the back of the end zone to Jakobi Meyers.
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He → try → Meyers
“We don’t need to go soul-searching or anything like that,” Lawrence said.
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Lawrence → need → that
“It’s just how can we continue to do the little things better and better, because they cost you in these tight games.”
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they → ’ → games
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