NFL insider reveals how GMs view, plan to use Travis Hunter

Travis Hunter might be spending a lot more time at cornerback in the NFL than at wide receiver, according to FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer.

Glazer spoke to nearly half of the general managers around the league and the consensus is Hunter is likely to primarily play defense. But don’t rule him out catching passes on offense either!

Hunter just won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night, putting on for Colorado, and could very well move up to be the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft.

“I actually spent the morning reaching out to 13 different GMs and head coaches,” Glazer said on FOX NFL Sunday. “I asked exactly that question, and it was overwhelming: cornerback. Now look, the one GM who said ‘I would put him at wide receiver,’ the reason why? Elite ball skills. Everybody else said corner. Why? Elite ball skills. But he said, it’s just so hard to find a shutdown corner like that. However, they all said, even though we start him at cornerback, we would definitely find packages in place for him on the offensive side of the ball, just a different type of cat.”

Charles Woodson, who also won a Heisman and was known for his two-way prowess, sided with Hunter on defense. Of course, Hunter played wide receiver at a higher level than Woodson, but the latter is a Hall of Famer and might have some insight!

“Top five pick, for sure. But just what Jay Glazer just said, really took the words out of my mouth. I’d play him on defense, but too talented of a player,” Woodson said. “I mean, that’s what Deion was doing with him by playing him so many plays on offense and defense, he knew he couldn’t leave that guy on the sideline. So on offense, there’s going to be some packages that I’m going to have for him. Great ball skills. We saw him catching balls in the end zone with guys draped all over him. You can’t leave a guy like that on the sideline. So I would have something for him on offense, but defensive player primarily.”

Hunter could very well go No. 1 overall and even if he doesn’t, he won’t last long in the draft. A player of his caliber is too good to pass up on, especially if he follows through on his promise to play wide receiver and cornerback in the NFL.