By doing two jobs — and doing them both as well as any player in the country — Travis Hunter delivered on coach Deion Sanders’ hype and brought the Heisman Trophy to Colorado.
The Buffaloes’ two-way superstar won college football’s most prestigious individual player of the year award Saturday night, edging Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty to become CU’s second winner and first in 30 years.
Hunter joins the late Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman in 1994 with a 2,000-yard rushing season with Colorado.
With Hunter and Jeanty on top, the 90th Heisman handout marked the first since 2015 with no quarterbacks in the top two of voting.