Travis Hunter has proven helium tin excel astatine some wide receiver and cornerback.
The Colorado Buffaloes prima has racked up 1,498 vocation receiving yards and 15 touchdowns. He besides has 7 interceptions astatine the collegiate level.
Hunter is assured his wide assemblage of enactment proves helium should person the borderline successful this season's Heisman voting.
During a caller sitdown connected erstwhile NFL backmost Robert Griffin's "Outta Pocket with RGIII" podcast, the Heisman hopeful laid retired his case.
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Travis Hunter of the Colorado Buffaloes runs with the shot during the archetypal 4th against the Baylor Bears astatine Folsom Field Sept. 21, 2024, successful Boulder, Colo. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)
"I cognize I tin triumph it, but I don’t cognize who’s there," Hunter said. "I mean, y’all spot Ashton Jeanty, but it’s not similar we haven’t seen a moving backmost that’s good. We haven’t seen a subordinate that plays some ways, and I’m going to support saying that."
Hunter was referring to Boise State moving backmost Ashton Jeanty, who has rushed for 1,248 successful the archetypal six weeks of the season.
But Hunter argued that since helium plays connected some sides of the ball, it is overmuch much challenging for him to person ascendant stats successful 1 peculiar category.
Hunter went connected to picture his interaction connected discourtesy and defense.
"(Jeanty) has, I think, 95 carries for 1,000 yards," Hunter added. "If I had 95 catches, however overmuch yards you deliberation I’d have? If I had 95 targets connected defense, what you deliberation I’d have?. … So, I effort to archer you, he’s got treble the touches I’ve got connected the violative broadside of the ball, and I inactive person antiaircraft stats that’s inactive crazy, and we’re lone successful Week 6. So, I’m not gonna reason astir it."
In summation to his awesome rushing total, Jeanty is averaging 9.9 yards per carry.
Running backmost Ashton Jeanty of the Boise State Broncos celebrates a touchdown during archetypal fractional enactment against the UCF Knights astatine Albertsons Stadium Sept. 9, 2023, successful Boise, Idaho. (Loren Orr/Getty Images)
Hunter has besides recorded 3 walk breakups and a forced fumble successful his archetypal six games playing successful the Big 12.
Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter scores a touchdown against the UCF Knights during the archetypal 4th astatine FBC Mortgage Stadium successful Orlando, Fla., Sept. 28, 2024. (Mike Watters-Imagn Images)
Just a fewer years ago, Hunter was 1 of the astir highly sought aft precocious schoolhouse shot recruits successful the U.S.
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While each signs pointed to Hunter taking his talents to Florida, helium chose Jackson State connected signing time for the accidental to play for NFL fable Deion Sanders.
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.