Travis Hunter, who followed head coach Deion Sanders from Jacksonville to Boulder, has turned his trust into a rare college football campaign. The dual-threat star and potential top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft has picked up many prestigious awards already. On Thursday, he won the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year and the Walter Camp Award.
But that wasn’t all.
Hunter also rewrote his program’s history by becoming the first player in Colorado to win the Biletnikoff Award, given to the top receiver in college football.
Coach Prime Ecstatic for Travis Hunter’s Achievements
After the win, Coach Prime congratulated his star player and exuded confidence that one more special trophy was on its way.
“We got another award to pick up right? Saturday right,” Coach Prime said on ESPN. “It’s going to be something happening if we don’t pick up that award.”
Coach Prime on the Heisman Trophy after Travis Hunter won the Bednarik and Biletnikoff Award 👀😂
“We got another award to pick up right ? Saturday right”
“It’s going to be something happening if we don’t pick up that award”
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— We Coming 🦬 (@SkoBuffsGoBuffs) December 13, 2024
With the Heisman Trophy winner being announced on Saturday, Hunter is still viewed as the front-runner.
Hunter has made some phenomenal plays all over the field this season. He caught 92 passes for 1,152 yards for 14 touchdowns, with over 100 yards receiving in seven of his 12 games. On defense, he added 11 pass breakups and four interceptions.
Right behind Hunter on the oddsmakers’ predictions list is Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, who rushed for 2,497 yards and 29 touchdowns this season. As a consensus team leader, Jeanty has led his team to the College Football Playoff with a first-round bye as the No. 3 seed.
Other Heisman finalists are quarterbacks Cam Ward of the Miami Hurricanes and Oregon Ducks’ Dillon Gabriel.
Other than the aforementioned awards, Hunter also won the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the country’s best defensive player. The honor is named after Chuck Bednarik, who, like Hunter, was also a dual-threat player, outplaying opponents on both offense and defense on the gridiron from 1949 to 1962.
With this win, Hunter became the first player in college football to earn both the Bednarik and the Biletnikoff.