Travis Hunter shares hilarious moment with Lil Wayne at Heisman Trophy ceremony

Travis Hunter gave a shoutout to Lil Wayne after winning the Heisman Trophy on Saturday evening. The Colorado star gave a nod to the rapper during his acceptance speech, noting that it was his girlfriend who put him on to the rapper’s music.

Hunter admitted that he wasn’t too familiar with the rapper’s music before his fiancée turned him onto it, However, once he heard it, he was hooked.

“You don’t know how you came into our life,” Hunter said.” My fiancée love you. I didn’t know none of your songs until she let me know. Because she listen to music. She let me know. She told me, ‘If you don’t listen to music, listen to Wayne.’ From that day on, that’s all I listened to. Those are the songs I listen to. When I get in that TRX and I blast that music, I’m listening to Wayne. ‘6 foot, 7 foot, 8 foot hot.’ That’s my song.”

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Hunter plays both offense and defense for Colorado and his numbers speak for themselves. Not only is he the team’s leading receiver with 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns, but he also has 32 tackles, four interceptions and 11 passes defended.

In large part due to Hunter’s stardom, Colorado finished with its best record (9-3) since 2016. The Buffaloes were right in the race to play for a Big 12 Championship, but ultimately failed to make the game after they lost the tiebreaker in a four-way tie atop the conference standings.

“I did it for my family, I did it for all the players and all the coaches that’s been coming in and out of my life and I did it for myself, most importantly,” he said. “I remember playing NCAA 10 and we was out there putting our players on Oregon. They had all the best uniforms back in the day. So I’m at receiver, he’s at quarterback and we’re both in the Heisman race. At the time, I didn’t know what that meant. But now I understand that’s the best player in the world in college football that year.

“It’s gonna mean so much to me. I know I’m gonna break down and cry after everybody goes away, because I’m gonna try to act tough in front of everybody. But for my family, it’s gonna mean so much. I’m the first to go to college. The first to get to the NFL. I’ll be able to take care of my family for the rest of my life.”