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Star Colorado transfer in ‘Tier 3’ at his secondary position: Analyst

By Andrew Hughes

Star Colorado football transfer Travis Hunter was deemed a Tier-3 talent at a position not even considered his primary one (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
Star Colorado football transfer Travis Hunter was deemed a Tier-3 talent at a position not even considered his primary one (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /
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Star Colorado football transfer Travis Hunter was considered a Tier-3 talent at his secondary position, wide receiver, by Mike Farrell of Mike Farrell Sports — who listed the 2022 recruiting class’ No. 1 overall recruit as the No. 24 overall receiver heading into the 2023 season.

Farrell’s list included the first 22 recruits divided into Tier 1 and Tier 2, while the rest of the 28 wideouts in The Farrell 50 were included in Tier 3. Hunter falls just below UCLA’s J. Michael Sturdivant and just above North Carolina’s Devontez Walker.

With the help of Terrell Owens at Colorado football fall camp, perhaps Hunter could make the leap into the top tiers during the 2023 season. Playing both sides of the ball seems counterintuitive to that goal on the surface, but recognizing opposing coverage will figure to help Hunter hone his craft moving forward.

Colorado football wide receivers coach high on Travis Hunter

Buffaloes wide receiver coach Brett Bartolone spoke highly of Hunter in a hyperbolic manner, claiming that the Suwanee, Georgia product was the best athlete he has ever coached.

“Night and day,” Bartolone said of Hunter’s development from the spring to fall camp (h/t ClutchPoints). “He’s so talented and so versatile. He’s the most explosive and athletic guy I’ve ever coached. … He spent obviously the whole spring with us. It was just fine-tuning those small fundamentals within the wide receiver position and really just learning the offense, and it’s night and day. It’s not even close. Travis works at it, he really does, and he’s got a lot on his plate right now obviously doing both, but he’s doing a heck of a job.”

Perhaps Bartolone’s take is not hyperbolic. The caliber of athlete Hunter usually plays home games in Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, or Columbus but spent his freshman season in the SWAC and is now starring for a program that hasn’t been in the spotlight in nearly a decade.

Hunter figures to be the biggest household name on the Buffs besides Deion Sanders’ son Shedeur once the season kicks off.

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