Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishHeisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter says if the team that drafts him doesn’t let him play both offense and defense, he would quit football.Hunter has made his desire to play both sides of the ball — like he’s done throughout his career — clear to NFL teams in meetings leading up to next week’s draft.“It’s never playing football again,” Hunter told CBS Sports. “Because I’ve been doing it my whole life, and I love being on the football field. I feel like I could dominate on each side of the ball, so I really enjoy doing it.”Colorado coach Deion Sanders, who flipped Hunter from Florida State to Jackson State on National Signing Day in 2022 and brought Hunter from Jackson State to Colorado, starred at cornerback during his career and played some receiver. He also played professional baseball during his NFL career.Sanders’ openness to letting Hunter play both sides of the ball was a chief motivator for Hunter to follow his childhood idol to two different coaching stops.“It’s not like it hasn’t been done, but he’s done it at a whole other level in college,” Sanders told Yahoo. “So why not?”Hunter led Colorado in receiving yards and touchdowns last season after missing time with injuries at Colorado in 2023 and Jackson State in 2022. He led the team in interceptions in both his seasons at Colorado. He played 1,461 overall snaps last season, according to Pro Football Focus.In addition to the Heisman Trophy, Hunter won the Biletnikoff Award as college football’s best receiver, plus the Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy, both of which are given to college football’s best defender.“I just feel very confident in myself, and I got a competitive spirit that I can do whatever I put my mind to, and I feel like I can do it,” he said.Ravens coach John Harbaugh expressed skepticism about Hunter’s ability to play full-time on both sides, as he’s done in high school and college.“I don’t know if there’s enough hours in the day,” Harbaugh told ESPN. “You certainly can do it, I would think on one side of the ball and then have some sort of a package on the other side of the ball, which is my guess is how the team will do it wherever he goes.”(Photo: Dustin Bradford / Getty Images)
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