Travis Hunter 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
Travis Hunter 2025 NFL Draft & Dynasty Profile
Position: WR/CB | School: Colorado | Class: Junior | Date of Birth: May 18, 2003 | Height: 6-1 | Weight: 185 lbs
Travis Hunter Bio
Travis Hunter began his football journey at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia. There, he dominated on both side of the football, racking up more than 4,000 career yards from scrimmage, 48 touchdowns, and nearly 300 receptions on offense with 116 career tackles and 18 interceptions on defense. Hunter was a five-star recruit and the No. 1 prospect in the 2022 class. He initially committed to Florida State over offers from Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Auburn, Clemson, Oklahoma, and Florida, among others. However, he ultimately chose to join head coach Deion Sanders at Jackson State, an HBCU program in Mississippi. He became the first ever five-star recruit to sign with an FCS program.
Hunter continued playing on both sides of the ball at Jackson State. In eight games, he caught 18 passes for 188 yards and four touchdowns on offense with 19 tackles, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery on defense.
With Sanders taking the head coaching job at Colorado in 2023, Hunter opted to follow his coach. In nine games, he caught 57 passes for 721 yards and five touchdowns while adding three interceptions on the defensive side. After the season, Hunter was awarded first-team PAC-12, consensus first-team All-American, and was the Paul Hornung Award winner as the nation’s most versatile player.
Through 10 games in 2024, Hunter has amassed 911 yards and nine touchdowns on 74 receptions with another score and five yards on two rush attempts. On defense he has snagged three interceptions so far. Hunter is the favorite to take home the 2024 Heisman Trophy as things stand now.
College Stats
Travis Hunter college stats courtesy of sports-reference
Positives
- Route running
- Change of direction
- Vertical speed
- Acceleration
- Elite ball skills
- YAC
- Wins on all three levels
- Versatile
- High-IQ player
- 7.4 receptions per game (2024, through 10 games)
- 30.8% Dominator Rating (2024, through 10 games)
Negatives
- Thin frame
- Lacks some play strength
- Struggles vs physical defenders
- Route tree has room to grow
- 2.34 yards per team pass attempt (2024, through 10 games)
Highlight Reel
Archetype: Possession WR
NFL Comp: Garrett Wilson
Performance Score: TBD
Draft Projection: Top-5
NFL Draft & Dynasty Outlook:
Travis Hunter is the most unique prospect I’ve come across since I started doing this five years ago. Not only is he a true two-way player which is unheard of at this level of football, he is elite at both positions. There will be NFL teams and draft scouts who have him ranked as the top player at both wide receiver and cornerback. For our purposes, though, I am going to focus on the wide receiver side of things.
Travis Hunter is swimming in athleticism. He has it across the board—speed, athleticism, quickness, explosion, change-of-direction, etc. He is also incredibly smart with a high football IQ which allows him to identify coverages like a quarterback and have full field and situational awareness. His understanding of the game is obvious, as is his ability to manipulate defenders to consistently win at the top of his routes. His experience on the defensive side is invaluable to his play as a wideout.
Hunter is a quality route runner who creates immediate separation with his combination of speed, quickness, and acceleration. His footwork and agility help him win in short areas while his explosiveness and speed make him a threat to get open vertically. Hunter displays incredible ball skills and ball tracking ability and he has the body control, flexibility, and hands to make the most difficult catches.
After the catch, Hunter uses those same skills to turn a short pass into a long gain. He runs away from defenders with ease and has the moves and instincts to make anyone miss in the open field.
Where there is room to grow is in his route tree. While he appears to have the ability to expand his arsenal, there are many route concepts Hunter wasn’t asked to run at Colorado. He also has difficulty with physical press coverage which may be in part due to his thin frame and underwhelming play strength.
Overall, though, Travis Hunter is a well-rounded wide receiver prospect whose game will translate well to the NFL level. He projects as a versatile Z-receiver who can move around the formation and win on all three levels. It will be interesting to see if he continues to play on both sides of the football and how much. Hopefully for our purposes he will commit to the wide receiver position and be the high-end fantasy producer we know he can become. If that’s the case, Hunter will be a top-3 pick in dynasty rookie drafts with a strong case for the 1.01.
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