With the 2025 NFL Draft just one day away, Colorado two-way player Travis Hunter waits to see whether the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, or some other team will pick him on Thursday night.
Hunter, considered one of the two blue-chip players, and Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter are expected to go in the top five by most experts. Just days after Colorado retired his and quarterback Shedeur Sanders’ jerseys, his stock might have risen even higher.
Travis Hunter’s 2025 NFL Draft Stock Higher Than Ever After Jaw-Dropping Michael Jordan Comparison
ESPN’s final mock draft slated Hunter to go second overall to the Cleveland Browns, leading former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum to drop a jaw-dropping comparison.
“Yes, I would definitely take him,” Tannenbaum said. “You go back to the 1983 NBA Draft and the Portland Trailblazers, they passed on Michael Jordan. This is potentially Michael Jordan.”
“In a day and age we talk about load management, not playing as much, here’s a player that averaged 114 plays per game. And when you watch him play, he can literally be Justin Jefferson and Patrick Surtain. This is a generational player.”
“His ball skills, whether you want to call it a corner or a receiver, are generational. The way he can high-point it, pluck it… you’re talking about a point scorer and a defender taking the opposing best team’s receiver away. I don’t know how you can pass on him.”
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“If I was running the Browns I’d play him at corner full time, he has elite man-to-man skills. And then say to him, ‘Hey, look, here’s 15, 20 plays. Third down, red zone,’ and let’s build that ancillary package.”
While it may still be unclear which position Hunter ends up playing in the NFL, the two-way star has been insistent that he wants to play both.
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