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Sports pundit Skip Bayless has an issue with Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter deciding to get baptized on the morning of his team's home game against the Seattle Seahawks.
The second-round pick in this year's draft made some time for the Lord on Sunday as he was baptized at the Celebration Church, a non-denominational parish in Jacksonville.
Reflecting on his choice to get baptized before the game, Hunter said, 'It's Sunday. It's God's day. I've been planning to go get baptized for a minute. I changed my life over to become a better man.'
While some may laud the decision for Hunter to embrace faith as a larger part of his life, Bayless decided to shame the two-way star.
In a mind-bogging, 28-minute-long video he posted to his X account, Bayless railed against Hunter's choice to get blessed on the same day he had a 1:00pm kickoff.
'Allow me to tell you why there was no way that Travis Hunter should have chosen to be baptized on the morning of a 1:00 game in Jacksonville,' Bayless began.
There is no way Travis Hunter should’ve chosen to be baptized on the morning of a game. He is losing interest. He is mentally checking out on the Jags. pic.twitter.com/hzqydPXSYG
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 15, 2025Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Travis Hunter decided to get baptized last Sunday morning just a few hours before he was set to play a game against the Seattle Seahawks that afternoon
This decision irked Skip Bayless, who posted a 28 minute rant slamming Hunter's decision
The 73-year-old then went on to explain that Hunter has not been getting the playing time on either side of the ball that many expected when the Heisman Trophy winner was picked early in the draft process.
'These are not normal circumstances for Travis Hunter the football player. The Jags are using him so little - especially on defense where he the most gifted, all time gifted - that Travis Hunter is starting to lose interest,' the former Fox Sports host suggested.
'He's starting to check out mentally on the Jags so he was actually happy to be baptized on a gameday morning, because football isn't taking that much concentration or focus or pregame mental preparation. Nope! Not now!
'Now, I'm certainly not suggesting that getting baptized was any kind of protest on Travis' part. It was just a stunning indication of where his head is at, or not at, right now. It's not really into football right now.'
Bayless then went on to suggest that Hunter's 'attitude, obviously in this case was "Hey, they're not using me that much anyway, why not get baptized on a gameday morning?"'
It's worth noting that Hunter was not late for the contest, nor did he get benched as a result of his decision.
In fact, Hunter logged four catches (albeit for 15 yards) and two tackles in the 20-12 defeat to the Seahawks.
Additionally, his coaches haven't publicly called Hunter out for his work ethic - with head coach Liam Coen telling reporters in late September, 'I wouldn't say he's behind. I think we can probably do a better job of helping him in some ways.'
Hunter is currently third on Jacksonville in receiving yards (197) and is second amongst his fellow wide receivers. He'll look to boost his numbers this week against the Los Angeles Rams in London.
