The phenomenal athletics and the capacities of the former football star of the University of Colorado, Travis Hunter, led him to be considered as a high level talent of the NFL draft class this year.
The prowess of Hunter as a large receiver and as a cornerback led him to win the Heisman trophy as the best university football player last season.
But although these attributes may have earned distinctions in college, they may not be considered an advantage in the NFL.
It is believed that the last player in the league to play the offensive and the defense is Chuck Bednarik – who started his career in the NFL in 1949 and ended it in 1962.
Thus, it is greatly believed that Hunter will choose between one of his two positions. But that’s not what everyone thinks he should do.
In the latest episode of the New Heights Podcast, Kansas City Chiefs, Travis Kelce, advised the recruit to consider playing in both NFL places.
NFL Prospect Travis Hunter will probably have to choose between playing the receiver and the corner
But the star of the Chiefs Travis Kelce thinks that Hunter has in him to play the two positions in the NFL
“It’s 100% possible, I mean that he will have to prove that he can do it. No one has ever played each piece on both sides ”, Travis told his brother Jason Kelce in the series.
What Travis said was a drawback is that the NFL teams should “worsen around him exhausting too much. They really have to weigh this in their game.
After dissecting potential strengths and weaknesses in different types of coverage, Kelce said: “I just think that this mentality – she can wear a guy. I am not saying that he cannot do it because I was blown away by what he could do at university in terms of play.
“If he wants to do this, I think it is smarter to do it to the place where you know you don’t put it in a vulnerable position to get tired more quickly.”
Jason then read a quote from Hunter coach in Colorado – Deion Sanders – who said the plan is that the recruit plays the two positions, otherwise the teams should not write it.
Travis replied: “I think he proved that he needs to play on both sides of the ball”.
He continued: “ I think it is easier for him to be on the field all the time as a defensive player, then to come offensively on certain games. I think it’s so much easier … I think it could be more influential. What is the interest of certain streams when you know it is sunk to have it on the ground there, by picking up security. Could he do it? Yeah. Can I make another guy do it? Probably.’
“He is athlete AF **** n”, guy. You can put it anywhere on the football field. You can give him the setbacks, you can do everything with him on the football field … When you look at him run, you are like “yeah, we should probably throw it the ball.”
But Kelce advised teams to be intelligent on how to use Hunter so that he never tires
Hunter should be selected in the first five choices of the NFL draft this year
At the end of the segment, Kelce said he was a big fan and pleaded for the star to join him in Kansas City.
Hunter is a choice among the first five projected, so the probability that it is always on the board of directors when the chiefs are in place with the 31st choice in total is almost none.
The latest simulated projects have hunters who fall as far as the New England Patriots (ESPN, Fox Sports) with choice n ° 4.