There’s not a lot else to say concerning the season Colorado Buffaloes two-way star Travis Hunter had apart from to say it is among the best particular person school soccer seasons ever.
Hunter earned his greatest honor on Saturday night time when he gained the Heisman Trophy, finishing a dominant awards week that noticed him additionally win the Biletnikoff Award because the nation’s high vast receiver, the Bednarik Award as the highest defensive participant, the Walter Camp Award because the participant of the yr and the Paul Hornung Award as probably the most versatile participant.
He gained the award over finalists Dillon Gabriel (quarterback, Oregon), Cam Ward (quarterback, Miami) and Ashton Jeanty (operating again, Boise State)
When he cleaned up on the Faculty Soccer Awards present earlier within the week, it appeared to set the stage for him to take house the Heisman, and it’s onerous to argue in opposition to his win.
Hunter has spent the previous two years as a dominant two-way participant at vast receiver and cornerback and has been one of many driving forces in serving to to return the Colorado soccer program to relevance.
Throughout his 2024 season, Hunter caught 92 passes for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns whereas additionally 31 tackles, 11 move defenses and 4 interceptions on protection.
It was not unusual for him to play greater than 100 snaps per recreation, given his workload on offense and protection. He performed 1,380 whole snaps for the season, by far probably the most in school soccer.
Historically, the Heisman Trophy is awfully troublesome for vast receivers or defensive backs to win. Previous to Hunter, solely 4 vast receivers had ever gained the award, whereas Charles Woodson was the one defensive again — and solely primarily defensive participant — to win it. It’s sometimes an award that goes to the highest quarterback or operating again within the nation.
Hunter’s play on either side of the ball, nevertheless, was merely an excessive amount of for the voters to miss.
The following query for Hunter might be whether or not or not he can proceed this two-way dominance on the subsequent degree.
He’s a legit first-round expertise at each positions and figures to be one of many first gamers off the board within the 2025 NFL Draft. He won’t be capable to play full-time at each positions on the subsequent degree, but it surely looks like a given he’s going to have some form of a task on each offense and protection, irrespective of the place he goes.
Colorado is about to play within the Alamo Bowl in opposition to BYU on Dec. 28 in San Antonio, Texas. It isn’t but identified if Hunter and Colorado’s different stars will play in that recreation.
