Travis Hunter says his two-way stardom is more impressive than Shohei Ohtani’s

Playing 2 ways, and doing it astatine a precocious level, in baseball and shot is incredibly challenging. 

But which is much difficult: what Shohei Ohtani is doing successful shot oregon what Travis Hunter is doing successful football?

"Probably me, what I bash successful shot (is harder) due to the fact that it is simply a batch connected your body," Hunter said to reporters astatine the NFL combine. 

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Colorado antiaircraft backmost Travis Hunter (DB15) during the 2025 NFL Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium.  (Tanner Pearson-Imagn Images)

"Ohtani, he’s a large player, but you gotta bash a batch successful football."

In summation to the carnal challenges of playing 2 ways successful some sports, it takes a batch of further mentation to beryllium capable to play some ways. 

No 1 has played 2 ways full-time successful the NFL since Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik, who was a linebacker and violative lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1949 to 1962. Hunter's assemblage coach, Deion Sanders, besides played some sides but made his Hall of Fame vocation mostly arsenic a cornerback.

Ohtani has thrived arsenic a two-way subordinate with some the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers, arsenic helium has won 3 MVPs successful his seven-year career.

TRAVIS HUNTER STEADFAST IN ABILITY TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL TWO-WAY PLAYER IN NFL: 'I'M JUST DIFFERENT'

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani celebrates arsenic helium runs the bases for his solo location tally during the ninth inning of a shot crippled against the Washington Nationals astatine Nationals Park, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, successful Washington. The Dodgers won 4-1. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Last season, Ohtani did not pitch, due to the fact that helium was recovering elbow surgery, but helium inactive won the NL MVP arsenic a designated hitter. 

Hunter is adamant that helium wants to play some ways successful the NFL aft thriving astatine some cornerback and wide receiver astatine Colorado, winning the Heisman Trophy successful 2024. 

"I've been doing this for a agelong time, truthful I consciousness similar I tin support doing it," helium said. "Hopefully, they'll fto maine spell retired determination 100% (at both), but that's up to the organization."

The six-foot-one, 185-pound Hunter’s game-week regular at Colorado called for aboriginal greeting wake-up calls, regular attraction sessions, solo survey sessions to maestro some gameplans and recognize unit and a committedness to keeping his assemblage successful tip-top signifier truthful helium could play astir 2,500 snaps implicit the past 2 seasons.

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Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) reacts pursuing the triumph against the Oklahoma State Cowboys astatine Folsom Field.  (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

Sanders has been ardent successful his content that Hunter tin play some ways successful the NFL.

Hunter is not moving retired astatine the harvester successful Indianapolis but said helium has interviewed with teams wherever helium has answered questions astir some wide receiver and cornerback. 

It volition beryllium up to the squad that drafts Hunter to determine however it wants to deploy him, arsenic the grade of trouble is precise precocious to play some ways, fto unsocial doing it astatine a precocious level for a 17-game regular season. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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