Jags Defense Steals the Show: Training Camp Day 3 highlights & observations

Wide receiver Parker Washington had his second consecutive strong day of practice. However, with turnovers, tight coverage, and relentless pressure, Jacksonville’s defense turned Day 3 into a defensive showcase.

It would seem that the Jacksonville Jaguars defense has heard enough of the offensive media praise after the first two days of 2025 training camp, with Friday’s aggressive bounce back performance from Anthony Campanile’s unit. Here are our top highlights and observations from Day 3 of Jaguars’ training camp at the Miller Electric Center practice fields.

Notes from practice

• CB Jourdan Lewis has himself a day, ladies and gentlemen.

Lewis ended Friday’s practice with at least four (4) pass breakups (PBUs) on the day, with the above one being one of the best in the bunch.

• Not to be outdone, CB Tyson Campbell’s also ended Friday with an equal number of PBUs, with a really strong day from the pair. Campbell showed sticky coverage all throughout practice, from his early PBU in 11-on-11 covering BTJ to his redzone 7-on-7 period where he forced multiple incompletions. If Tyson can continue to stay healthy, this cornerback room may potentially be a really, really strong unit.
• No. 2 overall pick CB Travis Hunter made his training camp defensive debut on Friday, exclusively practicing on defense. However, it was a quieter day from the rookie, in terms of plays made. He was the nearest defender in coverage on two touchdowns in the teams periods - a Hunter Long scramble drill 7-on-7 catch and an Eli Pancol 11-on-11 Redzone catch where Pancol seemed to get lost in the mid-field traffic.

Hunter spoke on his unique schedule after practice:

“It’s super organized. Me and Coach [Head Coach Liam Coen] go over it (his schedule) pretty much every week, and they send me a picture, and I get a piece of paper to keep in my locker so I know exactly where I have to be and when I need to be there.”

Coen had this to day about the scheduling for Hunter:

“I mentioned this before logistically for us as coaches to navigate it and make sure that we’re making use of all his time. I think it doesn’t bother him as much. He’s pretty unfazed by some of this stuff. So, these next few days will be very important though because he was on defense today. He’ll have an off day tomorrow making sure that he’s ready to go for the next few days. He’ll have to use this weekend off day tomorrow as well to make sure that he’s studying on offensive stuff. So he’s been great in terms of his attitude and just kind of the way he approaches it.”

• QB Trevor Lawrence was extremely sharp throughout Friday’s practice, though difficult to tell by solely examining the statistics. The Jaguars’ receiving group, unfortunately, suffered multiple drops and contested incompletions on the day. Nevertheless, Lawrence was for the most part, very accurate in getting his receivers an opportunity to...