
Receiver and cornerback, Colorado (from Jackson State), 2022–24
Travis Hunter
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Class (2024)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Suwanee, GA
- Born
- May 18, 2003, in West Palm Beach, Florida
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Travis Hunter played receiver and cornerback at Jackson State (2022) and Colorado (2023–24). He won the 2024 Heisman Trophy, the 2023 and 2024 Paul Hornung Awards, the 2024 Biletnikoff Award, the 2024 Chuck Bednarik Award and the 2024 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2024. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Hunter in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
13catches, career hightwice; last at Colorado State, 2024153receiving yards, career highvs. Cincinnati, 20243receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Oklahoma State, 20242interceptions, career highat UCLA, 2023Honors
- 2024Heisman Trophy
- 2023, 2024Paul Hornung Award
- 2024Biletnikoff Award
- 2024Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2024Walter Camp Award
- 2024Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
- 2024AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2024Lott IMPACT Trophy
- 2024Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 2024Consensus All‑American
- 2024Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
- 2024First-team All-Big 12
Team titles: SWAC champions, 2022
All-America: consensus 2024; AFCA 2023; AP 2023; FWAA 2023; Sporting News 2023; Athlon Sports 2023; Phil Steele 2023; Sports Illustrated 2023
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jackson State | 18 | 190 | 10.6 | 4 | 30 |
| 2023 | Colorado | 57 | 721 | 12.6 | 5 | 47 |
| 2024 | Colorado | 96 | 1,258 | 13.1 | 15 | 58 |
| Career | 171 | 2,169 | 12.7 | 24 | 58 | |
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jackson State | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 2023 | Colorado | 31 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | Colorado | 35 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Career | 66 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jackson State | 12 | WR | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Colorado | 12 | WR | So. | ||
| 2024 | Colorado | 12 | WR | Jr. | 6′1″ | 185 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Jackson State (FCS) | 9 | 0.35 | – | – | 3.2 | – |
| 2023 | Colorado | 65 | 1.06 | 83rd (n=681) | 0.80 | 69.0 | 11% |
| 2024 | Colorado | 101 | 1.03 | 65th (n=581) | 0.92 | 104.6 | 13% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2024 Colorado 13 games, 96 catches, 1,258 yards, 15 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tkl | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 31–26 | 7 | 132 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at | L 10–28 | 10 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | at | W 28–9 | 13 | 100 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 38–31 | 7 | 130 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at | W 48–21 | 9 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | L 28–31 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at | W 34–7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 34–23 | 9 | 153 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 9 | at | W 41–27 | 9 | 99 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 49–24 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | L 21–37 | 8 | 125 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 52–0 | 10 | 116 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. | L 14–36 | 4 | 106 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Colorado 9 games, 57 catches, 721 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tkl | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | W 45–42 | 11 | 119 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 36–14 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 43–35 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. | L 43–46 | 13 | 140 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at | L 16–28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | L 19–26 | 8 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | L 31–34 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | at | L 14–56 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | at | L 17–23 | 8 | 107 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Jackson State 7 games, 18 catches, 190 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tkl | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 22–14 | 4 | 24 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | W 35–0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 5 | at | W 41–14 | 2 | 25 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | vs. | W 27–13 | 4 | 40 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 19 | at | W 24–13 | 2 | 49 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dec 3 | vs. | W 43–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. | L 34–41 | 4 | 47 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 17 vs. Grambling, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ |
| Weight | 188 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 76⅞″ |
Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 12 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 28 | 298 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| NFL career | 12 | 30 | 315 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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