Travis Hunter the cornerback and Travis Hunter the wide receiver are the same person. For the New England Patriots’ scouting department, however, they very well might not be.
The reigning Heisman Trophy Winner, who is expected to be in play for the Patriots with the fourth overall selection in the draft, has forced the team to adapt its scouting methods. As executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf explained this year, the team is working off of two separate reports on him.
“Not to give anything away, but Matt Groh actually wrote two separate scouting reports on him when he went to Colorado this year.