The way the Jacksonville Jaguars have used two-way phenom Travis Hunter this season, or should I say, not used, has certainly raised a lot of eyebrows.

Hunter is a rare player who has the ability to dominate as both a full-time cornerback and a full-time wide receiver.

However, through two games this season, the Jaguars have allowed him to be neither.

Everybody knew that Jacksonville was planning on using Hunter as a full-time CB this season and cutting his snaps at receiver. When the plan was announced months ago, it made a lot of sense.

Hunter was still rehabbing the knee injury that ended his rookie campaign after only seven games. Concerns that putting too much on his plate too quickly could lead to another injury this season were reasonable. Jacksonville also had a much greater need for Hunter's enormous potential at cornerback than on offense. 

With Brian Thomas Jr., Jakobi Meyers, and the emergence of Parker Washington as a star, the Jaguars' receiving corps was in great shape, even without Hunter.

However, in Jacksonville's first two games, Hunter's workload on defense has been much lighter than anyone expected. And despite head coach Liam Coen's insistence this offseason that Hunter would still be used at receiver, his role on offense has been almost non-existent. 

Hunter played offense for only four snaps in Jacksonville's opener and then only six in the team's Week 2 loss to the Denver Broncos. Hardly enough playing time to have a legitimate chance at making an impact.

While a drop in WR usage was expected, Hunter's playing time has fallen to an extreme level.

However, Hunter's lack of playing time on defense has been an even bigger surprise. Hunter played only 29 snaps on defense in Week 1 and only 37 snaps last week.

For someone expected to be his team's CB1, Hunter standing on the sidelines for over 40% of Jacksonville's defensive plays has been shocking, confusing, and frustrating.

Sharing in the confusion is Hunter's college coach, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders.

"Prime Time" has expressed his frustration toward the Jaguars multiple times since the team drafted Hunter, both about his former player's usage and the team not reaching out for his input on how to bring the best out of him.

After all, under Sanders, Hunter was both a full-time WR and CB, won the Heisman Trophy, and remained healthy.

Coach Sanders is as perplexed as ever about how Jacksonville is using Hunter, and he spoke about it on his CBS Colorado show.

Sanders expressed his frustrations about Hunter, saying he is out of the loop because he is not part of the organization.

“I don’t ask questions because I’m not there. I don’t know what transpires when we’re not looking. I have no idea what's going on. I know who he was and who he is right now. I know what he’s capable of. I do know that.”

It is easy to understand Sanders' ongoing frustration at watching his former star player not being used to the best of his abilities.

Admittedly, Jacksonville did just fine after Hunter was lost for the season last year, ending the regular season on an eight-game winning streak.

That doesn't justify keeping one of the team's best players on the sidelines for almost half of the game, especially after giving up so much to trade up to draft him.

If the Jaguars are to make a run at their first-ever Super Bowl, they will need Hunter on the field as much as possible going forward.