Video: Travis Hunter Eyes Broncos in 2025 NFL Draft, Would Love to Stay in Colorado

Julia StumbaughOctober 4, 2024

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Colorado wide receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter says he hopes to stay in-state even if he decides to forgo his senior season with the Buffaloes in order to enter the 2025 NFL Draft.

“I wish I could go to the Broncos, just to stay in Colorado,” Hunter said on Thursday’s episode of the Kickin’ It with Dee podcast (23:00 mark.) “Because so much people just welcomed us with open arms. They showed us love that we would never have gotten in a different spot.”

Hunter joined the Buffaloes ahead of the 2023 season after beginning his career with head coach Deion Sanders and quarterback Shedeur Sanders at Jackson State.

Since then the two-way star said he has been welcomed by the Boulder community “with open arms.”

“My neighbors, they know my car in the neighborhood, so they come over there before every game… they have a sign in front of my truck, and they say, ‘He’s everywhere,’ ‘He’s him,’ ‘Heisman to him.’ They switch it up every game, so I get to see that, and that’s cool,” Hunter said. “And then I get the little kids in my neighborhood to come over and want me to sign stuff.

“That’s cool, ’cause I want to leave an impact on this community over here. I mean, they took us in with open arms.”

This is not the first time Hunter has said he would like to play for the Broncos. He said before the 2023 season that he would end up in Denver if he “had a say.”

Hunter, who leads the Big 12 with 46 catches while recording 561 receiving yards and six touchdowns through four games, has also recorded 16 tackles and two interceptions on the other side of the ball.

The B/R NFL Scouting Department projected Hunter as the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NFL Draft in their latest mock. Even if the team with the No. 1 pick chooses to address a positional need by going for a quarterback, Hunter is still an early bet to be a top-10 pick in the upcoming draft.

As it stands, the Broncos, who have opened the season with a 2-2 record, will need to start losing more games to have a probable shot at Hunter. If he does end up in Colorado, the two-way star could be a game-changing addition alongside rookie quarterback Bo Nix next season.