What NFL scouts say about Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, who will have to choose between WR and CB

Entering last week’s game against Colorado, North Dakota State went in with a game-plan for Travis Hunter that the staff hoped would ultimately decrease the two-way star’s effectiveness in at least one of his two roles.

It didn’t work.

“Our offensive strategy was to make him stay busy when he played defense so that he wouldn’t be as great on offense, but he wasn’t phased by the activity,” a North Dakota State staffer told CBS Sports. “His mindset and mentality is what makes him somewhat generational if that’s the word for it.”

Not only were Hunter’s seven catches, 132 yards and three touchdown catches at wide receiver key in Colorado pulling out a 31-26 win but his play on offense was so impressive that it’s led even more to a lack of consensus among NFL scouts regarding Hunter’s best position fit at the NFL level.

For a while, most in the NFL personnel space seemed to view Hunter as a cornerback prospect who could also potentially help an NFL team in spot duty as a receiver. Now, for some, that thought process is starting to change.

“It will be interesting to see how it plays out and that will be a healthy discussion,” an NFL personnel source told CBS Sports. “I know several scouts of that same opinion: better wide receiver prospect than cornerback. And when I watched him this summer, I was thinking receiver over corner.”

This situation is a first of sorts. A longtime NFL personnel official couldn’t remember another player with legitimate first-round talent like this as a both a cornerback as well as at wide receiver. The closest comparison he could think of was Hall of Fame cornerback Champ Bailey, who led Georgia in receiving with 744 yards during his final season with the Bulldogs in 1998 while also starring at cornerback. The…

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Author : Matt Zenitz

Publish date : 2024-09-04 17:24:40

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