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Deion Sanders has hilarious clapback for doubters of top Colorado star

By Andrew Hughes

Deion Sanders had a hilarious clapback to doubters of his top Colorado football star transfer's ability to play both sides of the ball Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports
Deion Sanders had a hilarious clapback to doubters of his top Colorado football star transfer's ability to play both sides of the ball Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports /
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If you can’t imagine top Colorado football two-way star Travis Hunter playing on both sides of the ball for the long haul, Deion Sanders thinks you may have an issue doing two things at once in general — clapping back at No. 12 doubters with a “Prime Time” line.

“You got to understand everybody who’s critical of that in saying, ‘He’s gonna tire, he’s gonna do that,’ shoot they can’t cook and answer the phone at the same time,” Sanders said to ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura. “I don’t subscribe to that foolishness because that’s who Travis is. Travis is special. He has a tremendous gift and he wants to play.” Sanders took his Hunter praise a step further, believing that the cornerback/receiver has the “upper hand” in the Heisman race because he has the “audacity” to be dominant on both sides of the ball.

“Because [Heisman voters] want action,” Sanders said of why Hunter is getting consideration for a typically quarterback-dominated award. “They want to see plays made and it’s hard to make plays when the play is not designed for you to make it. You gotta be so aggressive and so dominant as a Charles Woodson was. To be able to command that type of attention and make those type of plays where you actually win the Heisman. Just having the audacity to get on the offensive side of the ball and be dominant, that gives [Hunter] the upper hand.”

What they’re saying about Colorado football Heisman Travis Hunter

Bonagura was able to capture a quote from an unnamed Power Five defensive coordinator who perfectly illustrated why Hunter playing on both sides of the football doesn’t sound possible to some.

“I don’t care how good of shape you’re in, 115 snaps, you can do that now because you’re fresh,” the DC said. “But I don’t know how you can sustain [that], especially as I would think some teams are going to try to make him tackle and double him in coverage and that sort of stuff.”

Hunter plays positions that don’t see violence on every snap, and the Suwanee, Georgia product has the kind of work ethic and training methods that could cover up for overexertion. There won’t be an answer either way until the season’s end.

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