Travis Hunter, the Top NFL Draft, said that last week, he prefers to leave football to be drafted by a team that was not interested in using it as a double -sense star that he was in Colorado.
Speaking at a predraft press conference on Tuesday, a head coach expressed his reservations about a player on both sides of the ball.
Baltimore Ravens Head coach John Harbaugh and Managing Director Eric Decosta spoke to the media before next week’s draft in Green Bay when Travis Hunter was raised.
Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh is speaking at a press conference at the NFL football scout combination in Indianapolis on February 25, 2025. (APPO / Michael Conroy)
“If we are talking about a guy like Travis Hunter, we would likely want to put him in a position,” said Decosta, recognizing that the Ravens will not be able to write a talent like Hunter with the 27th choice of draft.
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Harbaugh added that, from the training point of view, it would be a difficult proposal for any NFL player.
“It will be interesting to see how they do it, wherever it goes. But to say that you are going to be completely immersed in everything there is to know in attack and everything there is to (know), I do not know if there are enough hours in the day so that a player can do this and so that every detail is locked.
“You could certainly do it, I think, on one side of the ball and then have a kind of package on the other side of the ball, which is to assume how the team will do, wherever it goes.”
The Wide Colorado receiver, Travis Hunter, participates in passing exercises during the NFL Football Pro Day of the team on April 4, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP photo / David Zalubowski)
Travis Hunter says he would never play football again if an NFL team let him only play one side of the ball
The former Colorado star said last week that not being able to play both sides of the ball would be a break for him.
“He never plays football again,” Hunter told CBS Sports. “Because I have done it all my life, and I like to be on the football field. I have the impression of being able to dominate on each side of the ball, so I really like to do it.”
Last season, Hunter played 713 snaps in attack and 748 snaps in defense and was still productive despite the high number of snaps. He had 96 catches for 1,258 yards with 15 affected as a wide receiver and 35 plated with four interceptions, 11 defended passes and a forced escape as a cornerback.
Travis Hunter des Buffaloes du Colorado takes place during the first quarter against the Baylor Bears at Folsom Field on September 21, 2024, in Boulder, Colo. (Andrew Wevers / Getty Images)
“I guess we will play against him. So we are about to discover how this team does,” said Harbaugh.
