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PFT Live with Mike Florio

PFT PM: Travis Hunter signs rookie deal + PFT's Post-Minicamp Power Ranks

PFT Live with Mike Florio

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0

June 23 edition of PFT PM.

0:11.0

They tell me this is the slow time.

0:13.9

It is anything but slow.

0:15.4

We're into week two of our six-week PFT Live hiatus. there's still a lot happening as evidenced by the fact

0:24.2

that I'm here and ready to go and have plenty of things to talk about from the weekend that

0:29.3

was. Let's get right to it. The highest unsigned pick from the 2025 draft, Travis Hunter,

0:37.1

cornerback slash receiver for the Jacksonville Jaguars has agreed to terms, second overall pick.

0:43.1

More than $30 million signing bonus, that's all slotted, that's all determined, that's all a product of where he was selected.

0:50.8

It has nothing to do with the fact that he will, in theory, be doing double duty

0:55.7

for the Jaguars. And this is, to me, the most fascinating aspect of the entire Travis Hunter

1:02.9

experience because the Jaguars are going to pay one guy, one rate to do two jobs. And by rule, there's no way he can get paid to play two

1:16.8

positions because his compensation under his rookie contract is driven by one thing. And one thing only,

1:23.3

the spot where he was drafted. He could be anything. Quarterback, defensive tackle,

1:29.6

kicker. It doesn't matter. If you're the second overall pick in the draft, that's what you get.

1:35.5

And you could argue it's unfair. And the only recourse for Travis Hunter is to say,

1:41.1

sorry, I'm only playing one position. It gets very interesting if the team tries to

1:47.6

tell him he's going to play two positions and he would take it up with the union. I don't think

1:52.9

it's ever going to get to that. The more likely outcome is after his third NFL regular season.

2:00.8

Because by rule, draft picks can sign a second contract the moment the third regular season ends.

2:07.0

And I'm still waiting for someone to demand his second contract between the end of the regular season and the start of the postseason because that is permissible.

2:16.1

And maybe Travis Hunter will be the first if the Jaguars are a playoff team in three years.

2:21.1

But once the window opens for a second contract, that's when he can say, hey, wait a minute,

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