Versatility defines Travis Hunter’s MVP award
Fred Jeter | 12/14/2023, 6 p.m.
Travis Hunter is college football’s MVP … no, not Most Valuable player, but rather Most Versatile Player.
The brilliant University of Colorado athlete has won the Paul Hornung Award, given to the nation’s most versatile performer.
After transferring to Colorado along with Coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State, Hunter starred for the Buffaloes on both sides of the ball.
Offensively, the sophomore had 57 receptions for 721 yards and five touchdowns. On defense he made 31 tackles and snagged three interceptions. He collected those statistics despite missing three games with injury.
Hunter is the only player in the country to have played at least 200 snaps on each side of the ball.
Since the inception of the award in 2010, past winners include Tavon Austin, Odell Beckham, Christian McCaffrey and Jabril Peppers, all of whom went on to NFL fame.
Hunter is most compared to Charles Woodson (1997 Heisman winner), who starred as a Michigan defensive back and receiver.
Paul Hornung excelled at the University of Notre Dame and the NFL Green Bay Packers as both a running back/quarterback and place kicker. Hornung was the 1956 Heisman Trophy winner
