Players like Travis Hunter are rare. Coaches like Deion Sanders who possess the next-level football knowledge to wholeheartedly accept players like Hunter are rarer. Don’t get us wrong, the old-school football had had the pleasure of witnessing some finest two-way star players like Georgia’s Champ Bailey who played at CB and WR. But that was in the 90s.

Looking at Travis Hunter, the phenom surely carries the potential to be one of the best two-way stars in the books of football. CBS Sports even ranked him the No. 1 player in the CFB 2024 season. His football skills aren’t the question here. The real question here is: Will there be any other coach at the NFL level with complete trust in Hunter’s two-way abilities like Coach Prime?

While it would be criminal for him to not try his best to convince his future teams about his two-way abilities, NFL scouts hardly think it is practical. And that is putting it mildly. “It’s legitimately stupid,” is what they believe about Travis Hunter playing both ways. Trevor Sikkema and Connor Rogers of the NFL Stock Exchange have a good amount in Hunter’s abilities since they ranked him at No.4 in their Summer Scouting Series and called him even placed him at a level “identical to Garrett Wilson when he has the ball in his hand.” But they believe that. The reasons for it? His strengths and weaknesses.

Travis Hunter: Strong and weak points

“A stud,” “a naturally gifted player,” “nothing short of elite,” and “one of the most natural catchers I’ve ever seen,” were the praise words that Sikkema and Rodgers had to say about Hunter. Travis Hunter is a gem at both cornerback position and wide receiver position. His valor to go out in the middle of the field has not gone unnoticed, neither has his injury from the middle of the 2023 season.

This brings us to his weakness: not being able to take some hits while playing offense. It was one of the main points why Sikkema believed he would be a more formidable force in the CB position as compared to the WR position. Not only does Hunter have the perfect slither, but his 6-foot-1, 185-pound frame would be better suited for defense.

If Hunter wants to play on the offensive end, then Rodgers strongly believes that Hunter would need to build a stronger physique. Other than that, Travis Hunter checks all the boxes as a terrific WR: speed, athleticism, slippery-ness. Not to mention the impressive performance he put up during the Navy SEAL training in Colorado. Now, the performance that Hunter puts up in the 2024 season would decide whether the NFL teams would accept him as a two-way star, or would his choice boil down to picking one.