Colorado's Deion Sanders Hypes Travis Hunter for Heisman Trophy; 'Best Player' in CFB

Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter is making a solid case to be this year's Heisman Trophy winner, but he still has plenty of competition for the coveted award.

One player giving him a run for his money is his quarterback, Shedeur Sanders. Amid the two players' push for the Heisman, Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders weighed in on who he thinks should take home the trophy.

"Travis gets my vote. Travis is the best player in college football," Sanders said. "Truly Shedeur is that guy. He's the catalyst, he makes everything go and enables Travis to be Travis, but Travis Hunter is doing something we've never seen before."

Both Shedeur and Hunter are having outstanding years amid a 6-2 start for the No. 20 Buffaloes.

Shedeur has 2,591 passing yards, 21 touchdowns and six interceptions on the year, sitting inside the top 10 nationally in both passing yards and touchdowns. Hunter has 757 receiving yards and eight touchdowns while posting 13 tackles, seven passes defended, two interceptions and a forced fumble on the defensive end.

While Hunter's receiving numbers and defensive numbers alone likely wouldn't be enough to put him in the Heisman conversation, the fact that he's doing both has made him a top choice for the award.

As Sanders said, Hunter is "doing something we've never seen before." The last player to come close to what Hunter is doing was Charles Woodson, who won the Heisman Trophy for Michigan in 1997. That year, he had 238 receiving yards and two touchdowns along with 44 tackles, nine passes defended and eight interceptions.

Woodson's defensive numbers were a bit more impressive than Hunter's, but he didn't have nearly as much success on offense.

For both Hunter and Shedeur, a Heisman Trophy is likely an afterthought as they have another goal on their mind: finishing the season strong to make a push for the College Football Playoff.

The Buffs have a realistic chance of reaching the CFP, but they'd likely have to win their final four games to do so. Colorado will get another chance to prove itself on Saturday when it faces Texas Tech.