Deion Sanders calls out misinformation from Eli Manning on Travis Hunter, reveals conversation with Troy Aikman

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders was the latest to call out some “misinformation” regarding Travis Hunter, relayed by Eli Manning Monday night. During The ManningCast, Eli, Peyton Manning and guest Glen Powell were talking about Hunter during the Jaguars-Chiefs game.

That’s where Manning told a story given to him by Jaguars head coach Liam Coen. The story goes like this: Hunter did not actually practice at wide receiver at Colorado, despite excelling at that position as well as defensive back.

Deion Sanders Jr. called it a lie on social media Monday. Then, Coach Prime addressed it when asked during his press conference on Tuesday.

“That was a lie,” Sanders said. “Travis Hunter played offense and defense. We started out with the ones on offense going the first four or five reps, then he went over and played defense the next four or five reps, and he did it the whole practice. 

“You know we have Well Off Media reach the people … Come on, man, like, I don’t know why. Troy called me before the game, and he got that information and I gave him, because he had the same information, misinformation, that I gave him the truth. I don’t know why people lie. Why do you do that kind of stuff?”

Manning told the story when Powell asked during the game how he would coach Hunter. The full context of the story can be seen below.

“I talked to Liam Cohen, they said, you know, when he was at Colorado, he practiced zero with the offense. He only practiced defense,” Manning said. “They just kind of had a special system where they had signals. The coach would just signal the formation to him and then signal the route to him. So he just improvised. He went out there, winged it as a receiver. So he’s still learning right now how to be a receiver …  So I think for now, I mean, they want to work him at  receiver, get those reps.”

In the Monday night win over the Kansas City Chiefs, Hunter played both ways. He reeled in three catches for 64 yards, including an acrobatic 44-yard reception. He also logged two tackles on the night while playing cornerback.

In total, Hunter has 16 catches for 182 yards on the season, but no touchdowns yet. On defense, he has 13 total tackles and two pass deflections.