#12

Travis Hunter

Former wide receiver at Colorado. 2024: 96 catches, 1,258 receiving yards, 15 TD.

WR · Colorado · Jr. · #12

6′1″ · 185 lb · Suwanee, GA

CFB Index 94 · #2 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceConsensus AAJacksonville — drafted 2025, Rd 1, Pick 2, #2 overall

Recruiting

5★

CB recruit

No. 1 nationally · Signed with Jackson State

Statement game10 rec · 116 yds · 3 TDvs Oklahoma State (FBS) · W 52-0

Top 1% catches game since 2021.

Hunter caught the ball. He shouldn’t win the Heismanr/CFB game thread · ▲ 17His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Colorado. 2024: 96 catches, 1,258 receiving yards, 15 TD.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Jackson State in 2022.
Transferred from Jackson State to Colorado in 2023.
Drafted round 1 by the Jacksonville in 2025.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #2 overall.

How it ended

Two seasons at Colorado, 1,979 receiving yards, a Consensus All-American season (2023) — drafted at #2 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 140 yds vs Stanford.Stanford · L 43-462023

2022

Signed with Jackson State5-star out of Collins Hill

20239 games

Entered the portal
All-Americafirst · 8 selectors
Paul Hornungwinner
All-Pac-12First Team

202413 games

All-America5 selectors
All-Big 12first
Biletnikoffwinner
Bednarikwinner
Heismanwinner
Walter Campwinner
Paul Hornungwinner
Lott IMPACTwinner
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2025

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 1, pick 2

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#1 national

CFB

College

Colorado

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #2

Jacksonville · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

28 honors · 2 categories

🏆

ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2024)

4 first-team selectors

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2024)

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Featured in The Canon

#23

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 2nd NFL season

#2Rd 1 · Pick 2

JacksonvilleEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Deion Sanders, all pass-leaning offenses — 13-12 over that span.

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024Colorado9-4HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

94All-America level #2 of 466?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (100th percentile). Strength: rec tds (100th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#134 / 610 · 78th pct

21.1%

TD rate#146 / 610 · 76th pct

9.5%

Yards / catch#235 / 610 · 62nd pct

12.8

EPA / target#254 / 610 · 58th pct

0.94

Catch rate#290 / 610 · 53rd pct

90.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#2 / 541 · 100th pct

Rec TDs#2 / 541 · 100th pct

Rec yards#4 / 541 · 99th pct

1258

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Long catch#169 / 541 · 68th pct

Yards / catch#266 / 541 · 50th pct

13.1

Rush yards#201 / 299 · 32nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

61st → 78th percentile

Catch rate

61st → 53rd percentile

TD rate

64th → 76th percentile

Yards / catch

57th → 62nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	6.4	103	16.0	1.3
Road6g	8.5	90.0	10.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.6	99.0	14.5	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	7.2	94.2	12.5	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

94 · #2 of 466 WRs

Former five-star. Now #2 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2024

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Colorado	96	1,258	13.1	15	--
2023	Colorado	57	721	12.6	5	--
Career		153	1,979	12.9	20	--

Season	Team
2024	Colorado	2	5	--	--	--
2023	Colorado	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 31–26

vs North Dakota State

7 rec · 132 yds · 3 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With S. Sanders — 445 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.8 · 17 rush yds (6 car) · J. Horn Jr. — 7 rec · 198 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · BYU · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +4.83Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 43 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 13 · Kansas · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.76Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 51 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 1 · BYU · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +4.58Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 58 yds to the BYU 14 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oklahoma State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +3.86Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 31 yds to the OKST 37 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas Tech · 2&19 · Q3 · EPA +3.74Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 24 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 9 · Cincinnati · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.60Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 34 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 4 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 46 yds to the BAY 34 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Kansas · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 26 yds for a TD (Alejandro Mata KICK)
Week 1 · North Dakota State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Travis Hunter 41 Yd pass from Shedeur Sanders (Alejandro Mata Kick)
Week 4 · Baylor · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Shedeur Sanders pass complete to Travis Hunter for 31 yds to the BAY 8 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-26vs North Dakota State	7	132	18.9	3	41	3 TD catches
Wk 2	L 10-28@ Nebraska	10	110	11.0	0	28
Wk 3	W 28-9@ Colorado State	13	100	7.7	2	21	2 TD catches
Wk 4	W 38-31vs Baylor	7	130	18.6	0	46	130-yard receiving day
Wk 5	W 48-21@ UCF	9	89	9.9	1	29
Wk 7	L 28-31vs Kansas State	3	26	8.7	0	14
Wk 8	W 34-7@ Arizona	2	17	8.5	0	14
Wk 9	W 34-23vs Cincinnati	9	153	17.0	2	34	Season-high 153 yds
Wk 11	W 41-27@ Texas Tech	9	99	11.0	1	24
Wk 12	W 49-24vs Utah	5	55	11.0	0	28
Wk 13	L 21-37@ Kansas	8	125	15.6	2	51	2 TD catches
Wk 14	W 52-0vs Oklahoma State	10	116	11.6	3	31	3 TD catches
Bowl	L 14-36vs BYU	4	106	26.5	1	58
Total		96	1258	13.5	15	58