Colorado star Travis Hunter is going to be a very high pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, perhaps even the top pick. Hunter is having a spectacular college season for the Buffaloes, and he built upon that in Colorado’s 52-0 romp over Oklahoma State on Friday.
Hunter once again showcased that he’s a top-shelf prospect at both cornerback and wide receiver. Against the Cowboys, Hunter caught 10 passes for 116 yards and three touchdowns as QB Shedeur Sanders’ top target. He also intercepted one pass and broke up another while playing as a full-time cornerback.
Lockdown cornerback. Playmaking wideout. Hunter is both. Conventional wisdom dictates that Hunter will have to choose one position over the other to pursue his NFL dreams.
Yet Hunter is poised to shatter that conventional wisdom–just as he’s done playing full-time on both offense and defense at Colorado. Hunter is on record stating he wants to play WR and CB in the NFL, just as he’s down so exceptionally well in college.
Hunter’s body of work and exceptional athletic prowess make for a compelling argument. He will be the top CB in the draft class of 2025, and should be a top-5 wide receiver prospect, too.
Keeping those two hands together at the next level will be incrementally tougher. NFL defenses and offensive schemes are far more intricate and specialized. The athletes are all bigger/faster/stronger; they’re professional football players, not future accountants or mechanical engineers. Even the practice squad players in the NFL were elite college performers.
In that regard, playing with ways full-time will be a major challenge even for Hunter. But he’s earned the chance to prove he can’t do it in the NFL, instead of just summarily discounting Hunter’s potential to pull off the unthinkable. After all, he’s doing it every week in college.
