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NFL outlook Travis Hunter It is predicted that he will play both wide receivers and cornerbacks in the pros, as he did in college. However, some experts have questioned the validity of players who are good at both professional-level positions.
The player who approached the hunter’s desire in the NFL is his former head coach at Colorado and Jackson State University Dion Sanders. Sanders was known almost entirely as an elite cornerback during his professional career, but he played a rare wide receiver, mainly during the 1996 season of the Dallas Cowboys.
Now, former NFL wide receiver and three-time Super Bowl champion Ed McCaffrey believes Hunter should follow a similar blueprint to Sanders. McCaffrey believes Hunter is more valuable as a cornerback and doesn’t expect Hunter to play all of the professional offense and defense he often does in college.
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Colorado wide receiver Travis Hunter will be taking part in the team’s NFL Football Pro Day pass drill held in Boulder on April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
“Personally… I think he’s offering more value in the cornerback position now. I don’t see a scenario where he doesn’t leave the field in the NFL. I don’t think that’s possible. I think he can probably play a fair number of snaps in the NFL, or at least once, but in the long run, I think you can’t stand it,” McCaffrey said.
“In college, when you’re much better than the people you’re standing up, and when you’re physically talented, that’s different. When you get to the NFL, there’s not much of a gap in talent.”
McCaffrey also did not rule out the possibility that Hunter would focus on wide receivers, but he suggested that Hunter mechanics are now more refined as cornerbacks.
“Can he plays receivers? Absolutely, he’s athletic enough to do that. I think he needs to set his route running and his skills defensively offensively,” McCaffrey said.
“Most teams he’s about to draft want to be the left corner of the lockdown, where he can get the best receiver out of the game.”
McCaffrey said this was to fulfill the position chosen by the coach as someone who believes in the duty of a footballer.
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The father of four current and former football players, including the San Francisco 49ers, and running through Christian McCaffrey and wide receiver Luke McCaffrey, Washington commander, and former players Max and Dylan McCaffrey Ed, Ed has encouraged and facilitated many full-time position changes.
“Max played DB Junior Year and moved to receiver senior year. Luke played cornerback as a sophomore and was a quarterback when he was a senior. Now he’s a receiver. Christian played on both sides of the ball.”
“That’s why I love what Travis Hunter went to in college. Travis Hunter is a soccer player.”
Hunter himself rejected the idea of ​​playing one position in the NFL.
Future rookies say that if their coach tells them to focus solely on either the coach or wide receiver, he “never plays football again.”
“I’ll never play football again,” Hunter said. CBS Sports last week. “Because I’ve been doing it for the rest of my life and I love being on the soccer field. I really enjoy it because I feel like I can control both sides of the ball.”
Last season, Hunter played 713 snaps on offense and 748 snaps on defense, but despite the enormous amounts of snaps, he was still very productive.
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He had a catch for 96 yards for 15 yards and 15 touchdowns as a wide receiver, but four interceptions defended 35 tackles and 11 passes, and one forced a fumble as cornerback.
Meanwhile, the team currently a land hunter favorite of Cleveland Browns, suggests that Hunters wants to focus on wide receiver performances.
“When it comes to Travis Hunter, cornerback or receiver, the answer is ‘Yes.’ He can play both, and I think that makes him special, but we see him mostly first.”
“But I think what makes him a bit of a unicorn is that he can do both at a high level.”
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