Best 2025 Jaguars Futures Bets

By John O’Leary

With the regular season rapidly approaching for the Jaguars, it isn’t just casual fans getting excited for what is on the horizon. Those of us who do wager on sports are all looking towards the betting boards to find an edge on what can be a profitable ticket to take back to the counter this NFL season. Here are the best wagers you can make on the Jaguars this season to keep the excitement alive all season long.

Brian Thomas Jr O/U 1150.5 receiving yards

Brian Thomas Jr. is coming off one of the best rookie seasons ever seen in Jacksonville. Despite his slow start in the 2024 season, which was plagued by limited targets, Thomas was a force to be reckoned with during the second half of the season.

Thomas brought in 50 passes for 675 yards and four scores in his final seven games as a rookie with Jaguars backup QB Mac Jones throwing the ball. While the bulk of this production came after injuries to both WR Christian Kirk and TE Evan Engram, it forced the microscope to be on Thomas, and he surpassed expectations quickly, vaulting himself into the elite WR conversation across the league.

Thomas is now also aided by his new head coach and play-caller in Liam Coen. Coen is bringing his fresh mindset to a Jaguars offense that was ranked 24th in the league in passing yards total last season. Last year, as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator, Coen helped the Bucs be the third-best team in the league in passing.

Now, with the addition of the second overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, WR/DB Travis Hunter, coming to town, the question remains of how much Hunter will play on either side of the ball. Coen had Hunter learn the offensive side first before cross-training him as a DB, but the Jaguars have question marks surrounding DBs Tyson Campbell and Montaric Brown’s health and how well DB Jarrian Jones will play if tasked with playing outside. Could the 2024 Bednarik Award-winning Hunter find himself playing more defense than offense in 2025, leaving the door open for Thomas to have repeat 1,150+ yard seasons?

Brian Thomas Jr. going over 1,150 yards in 2025 is a play that lands on your analysis of what Travis Hunter will do and on which side of the ball Hunter will have his success on.

I consider Brian Thomas Jr. hitting the over as a 1-unit play at the betting counter at -110 odds.

Longest Field Goal made in the NFL O/U 65.5 yards

The secret is out that Jaguars kicker Cam Little has an incredibly powerful leg following his 70-yard field goal against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1 of the preseason. While Little’s kick will not go down in the history books as the longest kick in NFL history, it does serve as a good measuring stick for how comfortable he is with longer kicks.

The two longest kicks in league history were made indoors at Ford Field in Detroit by Tucker (66 yards) and AT&T Stadium in Dallas by Brandon Aubrey (65 yards). You have to go to the third-longest kick in league history to find one made outside at Mile High Stadium in Denver, when Matt Prater boomed a 63-yard field goal back in 2013.

The Jaguars play five games this season with optimal kicking environments, either inside an enclosed stadium or at a favorable altitude, with games against the Raiders (inside), Texans (inside), Cardinals (inside), Broncos (altitude), and Colts (inside). Little’s 70-yard kick came in Jacksonville in an environment with high humidity and light rain showers pregame. While favorable conditions may help him, conditions that a kicker may consider undesirable haven’t been a proven deterrent to Little.

With the current NFL record sitting at 66 yards, held by former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, and nine other kickers being within three yards of this line in NFL history, this is a very reachable mark for the Jaguars’ sixth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

Cam Little has proven time and time again—including training camp and practice kicks—that he has incredible power in his leg and has been consistently accurate from range as well. This play should be a comfortable multiple-unit play for anyone walking up to the betting counter.

I like the over on 65.5 yards as the longest field goal in the NFL at -110. I consider this a 2.5-unit play at the betting counter.

Travis Hunter O/U 750.5 receiving yards

While Travis Hunter can certainly light up highlight reels with absurd levels of athleticism, the larger question surrounding Hunter is where that athleticism will be on display. Hunter’s high draft position would have been deserved if he had solely declared one of the two positions. The postseason collegiate awards rolled in for Hunter as he was awarded the Walter Camp Award for player of the year; he also earned the Bednarik and Biletnikoff awards for best defensive player and best wide receiver in the nation.

The main question is a common question surrounding Hunter: just how often will Hunter play both ways? While he did play close to 1,500 snaps in his final year with Colorado, are the Jaguars willing to subject the second overall pick in the draft to that much abuse in year one? For comparison, Brian Thomas Jr. played just over 800 snaps in his rookie year. Will Liam Coen and this Jaguars staff want to have someone that was a costly addition to the team in terms of draft capital absorb close to double the impact?

Also, as it was mentioned above, the question marks surrounding the defensive back room and the availability of the expected starters may drag Hunter into having a more defensive role in year one. If Liam Coen has a specific overall snap count for the season on Hunter, injuries in the defensive back room and the emergence of Parker Washington in the wide receiver room may sway any decision to have Hunter play significant offensive snaps.

While I do think Hunter could have a productive season offensively for the Jaguars, this number seems way too high for me to consider the over.

I like the under on 750.5 receiving yards at -110 odds. I consider this a 1-unit play at the betting counter.

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