Despite missing at least one game in every single season, and 3 or more in his first two.
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'23 TNFR ATH Travis Hunter (Signed to COLORADO)
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JonSergeantMajor
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Only if they’re 5-star+
Probably half the games he missed were because of Coach Prime protecting him by not letting him play when he was at risk of further injuring himself.
Last year he was not himself for large portions of the Stanford game as well. This year he wasn't himself in the Zona game either. Crazy he put up the stats he did.
What, no link to your blog?
I looked it up and Travis was a Psychology major, which is a legit major requiring a lot of reading. Travis is one of a kind.
Heard on the radio last night Mel Kiper (yeah, I know, Mel Kiper) talking about Travis and he actually made a lot of sense as he called him easily the best player in the draft.
Travis is something we have never seen before. The team that gets him is going to have to manage his playing time because he won't be able to do the same thing he did in college but if you look at him you have a guy who projects to be able to come into the league and if he plays WR will be able to win his share of match-ups against the best CBs in the league. At the same time if he lines up at CB he will win his share against the best WRs in the league. Guys have come in who through sheer athletic ability projected to be able to add another dimension outside of their dominant position but never has there been a guy who could dominate on both sides of the ball.
Travis is something we have never seen before. The team that gets him is going to have to manage his playing time because he won't be able to do the same thing he did in college but if you look at him you have a guy who projects to be able to come into the league and if he plays WR will be able to win his share of match-ups against the best CBs in the league. At the same time if he lines up at CB he will win his share against the best WRs in the league. Guys have come in who through sheer athletic ability projected to be able to add another dimension outside of their dominant position but never has there been a guy who could dominate on both sides of the ball.
I know that he does days in the week that are specifically designed around rest and recovery. Details I can't tell you.
His workouts and regime are cutting edge. Next level sh!t. There are some articles and videos out there, I'm just too lazy to search and link
The great advantage that he will offer an NFL team is flexibility. Every week presents different matchup issues. Being able to move TH around to either fill a deficit or exploit an advantage, and know he can handle the complexity of assignments as well as physically winning his match ups should seriously help game planning.
I hope the team he goes to is capable of flexible thinking and doesn’t just plug him in at CB or WR.
JMBuffs
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Putting him in the slot and then Nickel packages is value that we've never seen before. If I'm Tennessee I'm probably putting Levis out there for one more year (with some actual weapons) and drafting Travis. If Levis sucks, get your QB (Manning to Tennessee, makes sense) next year.
Even if he only plays 5-10 snaps a game on the other side of the ball he creates a whole different dynamic because of his next level athleticism.
If he is your starting CB the opponent prepares for your offense but in a few key situations all the sudden there is another guy out there with WR#1 ability who changes the entire way you call your defense.
If he is full time on offense the opponent game plans but again in those key situations here comes a CB who can shut down your #1 which also means your regular CB#1 slides over to take your WR #2. Good luck.
alec10burks
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As a Pats fan I'm PRAYING he's available at #4. My hope is that Shedeur, Ward, and Carter are drafted with the first 3 picks but I'm trying to not get my hopes up.
If I'm the Pats I have him focus on being a WR so Maye has a legit weapon and have him play defense part time. Offense is just too valuable these days to have him focus on defense and I really think he could be a top 3 WR in a few years if he focuses on that position. The fact that he was able to put up the numbers he did on offense while also playing defense full time speaks volumes.