Jaguars’ Travis Hunter says he and Browns’ Shedeur Sanders are prepared for NFL

For the first time after four years, Travis Hunter And Sherdeur Sanders will not be teammates when their football season begins.

A hunter, another overall choice Jacksonville JaguarsAnd Sanders, who was waiting for another two days to hear his name Cleveland Browns called in the fifth round, played together in Jackson and Colorado during their college days.

Now they hope to influence their franchises in NFL.

The big center of attention floats over both players who have entered their initial season for various reasons. For Hunter, GM James Gladstone has already been the expectation that Hunter will be a generational talent that raises the team, as well as the city and football game, during what he sees as Hall of Fame’s career.

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In the case of Sanders, he will be inserted into a battle involving Joe Flac, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel, a product from Oregon, which was named two rounds last month.

Hunter said he talked to Sanders from his sliding string Nfl draft The Committee, and knows that his former teammate and a great friend is ready to do exactly the same thing as he will start his NFL trip.

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“We’re just going to work, man,” Hunter said as he talked about his excitement that partners with Panini America, who would give him his first rookie trade card at the NFLPA Rookie premiere in Los Angeles.

“We both lowered our heads and did what we have to do. There are a lot of suspicious for him, and he will go to work. I’m going to work and I will just do what we always did.”

While the football world was carefully watched by Sanders and Gabriel competed in Rookie Minicamp, Hunter exceeded the expectations that Jaguari had already had for him.

Tony Boselli, Executive Vice President of Jaguar’s Football Operations, said NFL Network That, although he understands that Hunter is not running in the pads yet, the team was returned by watching him close to his new teammates.

“We had high expectations. He exceeded my expectations,” Boselli said. “You see an athlete on the field, you see how he moves, change in direction, body control, but this is the person with whom I am most in love with me.”

While Hunter is acclimatized into his life in NFL, he is also very aware of the aspect of leadership that he is the best choice. Jaguari already have players like Trevor Lawrence, Travon Walker and Josh Hines-Allen as the presence of a veteran in the locker room, but Hunter knows they can add it to the mix as long as he does their job first.

The same goes for Sanders with the Browns.

“We definitely have to be leaders, especially me,” Hunter explained. “I was the total number of number two, so I have to go in and be a leader. Sherdeur, he has to go there and work there, earn his job just like me. But he also has to go there and be the head of the offense, so he has to go there and be a leader.”

Hunter said his time with Jaguari has been “great” so far, and that will only continue because he will go to the training camp this summer.

One of one

While Hunter continues to operate, he is also excited about an important turning point in his early career – it is first seen on the NFL trading card.

Hunter joined Panini America, along with several other incoming recruits, where he will receive his first Panini NFL trade card at the premiere of NFLPA Rookie.

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“I’m just excited when I see myself on my own card, so it’s definitely a blessing,” he said.

One day, Hunter’s novice could be worth a pretty beautiful one. But he understands that it is up to him to happen.

“I don’t know,” he said when asked how much he would pay for his rookie card. “I still have to invest a job.”

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