Travis Hunter plays against Arizona on Saturday.
The Heisman Colorado star hopeful, the defensive back and wide receiver, missed the second half of the Buffaloes’ 31-28 loss to Kansas State in Week 7 after suffering an apparent right shoulder injury in the first half. Hunter had played 44 of the game’s first 45 snaps before missing the final 13 plays of the second quarter and the entire second half.
“Travis should definitely play on Saturday, Jimmy [Horn] too,” Colorado coach Deion Sanders said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
Colorado missed both Hunter and Horn badly in the second half. Not only did Colorado have to replace Hunter on both sides of the ball, but Horn was injured in the first half and did not play in the second half. Hunter is the team’s leading receiver with 49 catches for 587 yards and six touchdowns. Horn is the team’s No. 2 receiver with 26 catches for 347 yards and one touchdown.
Omarion Miller performed in their absence. He entered the K-State game with just two catches on the season and had eight grabs for 145 yards against the Wildcats. However, he suffered a left leg injury on that eighth catch and Sanders said Tuesday he doesn’t expect Miller to return this season.
“I think he had surgery yesterday, so I don’t think he’ll be back this season,” Sanders said.
The loss to Kansas State dropped Colorado to 4-2 overall, but it was the first Big 12 loss of the season for the Buffaloes. Colorado is still very much in the running for the Big 12 title. Only three teams in the Conference are undefeated in Conference Play and eight of the sixteen teams in the league have already suffered two or more Conference losses.
