Travis Hunter calls out Colorado doubters following upset win vs. TCU

Head coach Deion Sanders wasn’t the only person keeping receipts to show off after Colorado shocked TCU and the greater college football world last Saturday. Star two-way player Travis Hunter also reminded the doubters he had heard and read their words prior to the season.

After playing more than 100 snaps in the opener and starring as a cornerback and wideout, Hunter still had some energy to call out skeptics after vanquishing TCU. He even said some of the gathered reporters in the postgame scrum were among the doubters.

“We kept receipts. Nobody believed in us. The only people that believed in us were the people in the facility. Everybody that broadcast, even some of y’all guys, telling us we’re not going to be a good team this year or doubting my coach,” Hunter said.

He pulled at the front of his shirt to better show the graphic design on it, featuring Sanders.

“That’s why I wore him — wearing him right now,” Hunter said. “We believe.”

Sanders is stumping for Hunter as a Heisman candidate already

Following a season-opening, Colorado has multiple players being talked about in the Heisman Trophy conversation, including Hunter.

Hunter was elite in the win, recording 11 catches for 119 yards on offense while making three tackles, picking off a pass and breaking up another on defense.

“Well I think we have three of them, as in Heisman contention right now,” Sanders said. “Travis, what he’s capable of doing, I’ve been saying it since he got here, since he got to Jackson when I first laid eyes on him, the kid he’s different, as the young folks say now. He’s phenomenal, he loves the game. He gets upset.”

Hunter’s ability wasn’t hard to find. His interception was a thing of beauty, a diving leap after a terrific read on the pass.

Sanders knew what he had when he arrived at Colorado and Hunter opted to transfer there, following him from their previous stop at Jackson State. More than anything, though, Sanders stressed that who Hunter is as a person impressed him.

“This young man loves the game of football,” Sanders said. “And you try to find out the intangibles about his life so you can recruit to that. You try to find out what makes him tick, what makes him him and you recruit to that. You’re not going to find anyone in the country with that talent, but with the thought process of how he goes about life, that’s what you’re trying to identify and go select young men that can accompany him on his journey.”