<a href="https://www.on3.com/db/coach/deion-sanders-133929/">Deion Sanders</a> is quite sure <a href="https://www.on3.com/db/travis-hunter-144752/">Travis Hunter</a> can play wide receiver and cornerback in the NFL as he does at <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/colorado-buffaloes/">Colorado</a>.



He cited the ability to stay in phenomenal cardiovascular shape based on the faster tempo of the college game. If the game slows down, literally, at the pro level, Hunter can go both ways, per Sanders.



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A Heisman candidate and potential top 10 NFL Draft pick, Hunter remains an intriguing prospect.



“Yes, because a lot of teams are tempo, so he don’t get a lot of rest,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiRTmfo78A">Sanders said, praising Hunter’s ability.</a> “And just think about this. I just got finished talking to scouts about this, about what he can and cannot do. Pros go to huddle. So he’s even getting more time to rest. So most teams you play, they run some type of a tempo or the transition is much greater than pros from snap to snap. 



“So with him getting that amount of rest, he cannot help but be a great pro. Practices are limited. There’s barely no contact. You can’t even hit a receiver downfield in the NFL no more. So I think he’s a great compliment to that game, and he could continue to do what he’s doing now.”



Sanders also opened up on what he says to Hunter when the two are able to go fishing and put their minds at ease.



“Some of that stuff is a little private,” Sanders said when asked about the trips. “But we talk about everything, and he’s not the only one. When I say I genuinely love these kids, I genuinely really do. It’s not about what they can do for me on the football field. It’s about what I can help them with in life. They’re football players. Some of these guys are definitely going pro, but I just want to equip them with the weapons to win life. Because, you know, football has changed, the  landscape has changed in football. 



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“Once upon a time, you guys never attacked college players. Now they’re making more money than y’all, and some of y’all are envious and jealous about that. So you’re on the attack … These guys are sensitive. They’ve never been attacked. (They are) somebody out of high school or two years or three years in college, but they’re still sensitive to slander.”



Sanders made the comparison to him, based on what he went through throughout his long career in the NFL, as well as the MLB. The young guys, which includes Hunter, are treated differently these days in his eyes.



“They hadn’t gone through, what a grown man, what I’ve been going through with y’all for years,” Sanders said. They haven’t done that. So it is what it is. I know you’re going to do your job and what you must do, but your job does not say attack. Like if they didn’t play well, leave it at that. But the personal stuff … because if we start flipping script on y’all, you wouldn’t like it. Thank you Lord for stopping me there. That was almost a good one. That would have went viral. He’s a great kid.”

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