Colorado star Travis Hunter is headed to the NFL in 2025.
The defensive back and wide receiver stated the obvious during a press conference with reporters on Thursday, saying the 2024 college football season would be his last before entering the NFL Draft. Hunter is a possible top-five pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
“That’s for sure,” Hunter said when asked about the 2025 draft.
Hunter is the prohibitive favorite to win the Heisman Trophy with two weeks left in the regular season. His odds are -400 at BetMGM. Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty is the No. 2 favorite at +400.
Hunter also said he believed he could be a two-way player in the NFL, just like he is in college football, saying that “nobody has stopped me from doing it yet.”
What Hunter is doing is unprecedented in modern college football and would be unprecedented in the modern NFL. He has 74 catches for 911 yards and 10 total TDs despite missing half in two of Colorado’s 10 games so far this season. He also has 24 tackles and three interceptions to go with eight passes defended.
Hunter has surpassed the numbers he put up in nine games in his first season at the highest level of college football. Hunter arrived in Colorado from Jackson State before the 2023 season when Deion Sanders took over the Buffaloes job. As a sophomore last season, Hunter had 57 catches for 721 yards and five touchdowns while recording 30 tackles. He was named a first-team All-American as an all-purpose player and will surely be an All-American again in 2024.
Hunter’s excellence helped put Colorado in the mix for the Big 12 title. If the Buffaloes win their final two games of the season against Kansas and Oklahoma State, they will play in the Big 12 title game. A win in the Big 12 Championship would give Colorado a top-four seed in the College Football Playoff.
