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Amid a push to win the Heisman Trophy, Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter is tired of people slighting his game.
On Shedeur Sanders’ podcast, 2Legendary with Shedeur Sanders, Hunter explained why he believes he’s top-five as both a wide receiver and a cornerback.
“I just hate when people say I’m not top five at receiver, top five at DB,” he said (27:40 mark). “What are y’all watching? Every gameplan for the opposing team has got to be revolved around me bro. Y’all got to stop that. I’ve allowed no touchdowns this season, I’m locking up on every side of the ball, I’ve probably gave up like 30 yards this whole season… At receiver, nobody ever stops me. I went 9-for-9 last week. Who do you know that’s doing that?”
Hunter has had a tremendous season on both sides of the ball. On offense, he has 757 receiving yards and eight touchdowns, which rank 17th and ninth nationally. On defense, Hunter has 13 tackles, seven passes defended, two interceptions and a forced fumble.
While it’s up for debate whether he’s a top-five player in both of his position groups, it’s impressive that he’s good enough in both to even be in those kinds of conversations.
Hunter is making a compelling case to win the Heisman Trophy, but has some stiff competition in Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, Miami’s Cam Ward and a few others. Still, it seems more likely than not that Hunter will at least get an invitation to New York in December if he keeps up his outstanding season.
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