Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel and senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger are joined by Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde to discuss how special the Colorado two-way star has been this season. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
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Travis Hunter’s Heisman, uh, the dual threat star at Colorado, his Heisman odds had dropped to 5000 to 1.
I don’t advise gambling, but boy, I’d take a little look at that today.
It’s 3500 this morning to win the Heisman trophy.
He is ranked 13th.
He’s behind a slew of quarterbacks including like Nuss Meyer and I mean, like just guys, listen, if this guy is stays, I don’t even like bringing it up.
Let’s say he just plays all the games, right?
I don’t even want to put it out there in the atmosphere, but that’s a lot of plays and plays like this and this isn’t the most outstanding and someone sits down and fills out a ball and says, who’s the most outstanding player in college football and does not choose Travis Hunter.
They need their head examined.
This guy is doing something we’ve never seen.
This is shoe a tai, right?
He’s playing full time, both positions at a first round NFL level.
I don’t care if you don’t like coach Prime.
I don’t care if you don’t like shit or I don’t care if they only win four or five games he’s doing this against, if somebody plays full time, both ways and puts up these kind of stats against power for competition.
How in the hell is he not win the Heisman trophy, Colorado put out something.
They said they said 100 and 23 snaps for him and they also, they said it’s, it’s believed to be the first time in the modern era of college football history.
A stat line like that has happened.
They don’t quantify like that, but I am guessing 100 receiving yards and an interception, two touch throw in two touchdowns, five tackles, a pass breakup.
I mean, nobody is doing this and nobody has done it for who knows how long.
I hope he gets the recognition and consideration for the Heisman now for what he’s doing.
Paul Horning won the Heisman on a two and eight team.
Now that two and eight team was Notre Dame, but this guy should be, if he keeps playing like this, he should absolutely be in the mix all year.
