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Deion Sanders: Travis Hunter's Jim Thorpe Award Snub 'Most Idiotic Thing' in CFB

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Deion Sanders is not happy about Travis Hunter being snubbed from the list of finalists for the Jim Thorpe Award on Tuesday.

The Colorado head coach, who won the award at Florida State in 1988, voiced his frustration about Hunter not being included among the best defensive backs in the country.

"How is Travis Hunter snubbed by the Thorpe Award?" Sanders said at his weekly news conference Tuesday in Boulder, per USA Today's Brent Schrotenboer. "You can have my award. You can have it back. Matter of fact, I'm going to give him mine. I ain't using it.