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Welcome to the Dynasty Nerds 2025 Rookie Profile series! We’re pleased to bring you the Travis Hunter rookie profile from our NFL prospects writing staff. Below you will find the intro, overview, and independent breakdowns by 4 of our top analysts. While there will be a lot of similarities, there will be some differences.
Each writer does their own film study using our Nerds All-22 Film Room, and creates a Top 50 Rookie Prospects Big Board. We’re also pleased to feature the Positional Rankings of our Director of College Content, Tristan Cook. Tristan also provided Travis Hunter’s introduction and conclusion. We hope this Rookie Profile will aid you in your quest for dynasty glory this season.
Travis Hunter | WR | DB | HT 6003 | WT 188 | HAND 918 | ARM 3138
Travis Hunter | Player Introduction
As the most-decorated single-season college football player ever, Travis Hunter’s collegiate career started off uniquely, as the No. 1 overall player in the 2022 recruiting class forged his own path. Instead of Florida State (or any top-tier school he wanted), Hunter elected to commit to Jackson State University. He was the first 5-star recruit to commit to an FCS school as well as an HBCU. Following the 2022 season, Hunter followed his coach to the University of Colorado where he played virtually every snap on both offense and defense during his two years in Boulder.
As a receiver in 2023, Hunter tallied 57 receptions for 721 yards and 5 TDs. On defense he snagged 3 INTs. Hunter was a First Team All-American honoree as well as winning the Paul Hornung Award as the nation’s most versatile player. In 2024, Hunter improved his numbers, catching 96 passes for 1,258 yards and 15 TDs as well as having 4 INTs and a game-winning forced fumble on defense. He was once again awarded the Paul Hornung trophy and named a consensus First Team All-American.
He was the first player to be named All-American and three positions (wide receiver, cornerback, all-purpose). Hunter also won the Heisman Trophy, the Biletnikoff Award, Bednarik Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy, the Walter Camp Trophy, and was named the National Player of the Year.
Keith Ensminger’s Top 50 Rookie Big Board
No. 6 Overall Prospect | Ranked as WR2
Another polarizing prospect we will continue to twist ourselves into knots over is Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter. Hunter is perhaps the draft’s most talented player, but he is undeniably the prospect with the most unanswered questions regarding how we should value him. How many snaps will he play on offense? How many on defense? Will he be used enough? Even Rich Dotson’s crystal balls say “reply hazy, try again.”
Travis Hunter is PFF’s top-ranked receiver in this class, even over Tetairoa McMillan, which shows you just how phenomenal of a season Hunter had in 2024. He’s not just a cornerback dipping his toes in the wide receiver waters. Travis Hunter is a legitimate pass catcher who finished the season with 96 catches for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns. He is still inexperienced, however, and does tend to get manhandled by more physical corners. I would still bet on his incredible football acumen and talent winning out on Sundays the same as it was displayed on Saturdays.
Mike Johrendt’s Top 50 Rookie Big Board
No. 12 Overall Prospect | Ranked as WR4
Travis Hunter profiles more as a cornerback but should see some time at receiver in the NFL. His workload on offense is a big question mark heading into the NFL Combine, where he is listed at both cornerback and receiver. Colorado used Hunter on both sides of the ball with large snap counts, so there is plenty of tape that shows that he can play both ways. But, will an NFL team want to expose their potential franchise cornerstone to a lot of snaps and hits? Selfishly, the fantasy community will hope so, but that is still up in the air. Hunter wraps up my 1st round of prospects, but his position remains fluid.
Doc Matthew Mitchell’s Top 50 Rookie Big Board
No. 17 Overall Prospect | Ranked as WR5
This is probably the toughest evaluation in the entire 2025 class. Travis Hunter is unquestionably one of the most talented athletes set to enter the NFL. The problem for us is that we don’t know how much time he will get at WR. You see, Hunter not only won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top WR. He also won the Chuck Bednarik Award (top defensive player) as well as the Heisman Trophy. Most analysts believe he will predominantly play defensive back in the NFL with a sprinkle of snaps at WR. However, if he chose to focus on the offensive side of the ball, his 1,152 yards and 14 TDs highlight the type of receiver he could be.
Tristan Cook’s Pre-NFL Combine Rankings
No. 1 Overall Wide Receiver
There isn’t much more that I can say about the most unique prospect in my 2025 WR Rankings (and perhaps in the history of the NFL Draft). It may sound hyperbolic, but Colorado’s Travis Hunter has proven to be a unicorn of a prospect. He answered many of the durability questions this year en route to winning the 2024 Heisman Trophy. The only question has been if Travis Hunter will play wide receiver or cornerback—or both? It was announced that he would be participating in defensive back drills at the NFL Combine, so we are still without a definitive answer.
For most of us, we are only interested in offensive players, and Travis Hunter may only be a part-time offensive player at the next level. As I’ve said many times: this ranking is operating under the assumption that he will play the majority of his snaps at wide receiver. If we get word that he’s not going to be utilized as a starting wide receiver, this ranking will be dramatically adjusted down.
As a wide receiver prospect, Hunter has room to grow, but still managed to win the 2024 Biletnikoff Award for the best wide receiver in college football. He creates separation with his quick-twitch movement, has the best contested catch skills in the class, is dynamic after the catch, and has a knack for making big plays. He has cleaned it up a bit, but the biggest area for improvement on offense is with consistency—especially in his route running. Hunter has the highest ceiling of any receiver in this class and if he shows a little more consistency on the offensive side, the sky’s the limit.
Travis Hunter | Draft Outlook
The question for Travis Hunter’s draft capital is not if he’ll be drafted early or not, it’s if he’ll be drafted with the first selection in the 2025 NFL Draft or not. Additionally, the elephant in the room is whether or not Travis Hunter will play wide receiver, corner, or both. The answer to that question likely won’t come until after he’s drafted. For fantasy, you might have an answer by the time rookie drafts come around. If he’s going to play a regular complement of plays on offense, Hunter should be drafted by the middle of the 1st round of rookie drafts. If we don’t know the answer, he’ll likely fall into the 2nd round of most drafts.
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