Colorado’s Travis Hunter collects unique double at college football awardsColorado star Travis Hunter cemented his legacy as the best two-way player in recent decades by becoming the first in college football history to win both the annual Chuck Bednarik Award as top defensive player and the Fred Biletnikoff Award as best wide receiver on Thursday night.College Football Awards show presenters called Hunter’s name again as the Walter Camp Award for player of the year.The honors may serve as a prelude to the Saturday night Heisman Trophy presentation, as Hunter is favored to capture the sport’s biggest individual award.Earlier Thursday, the wide receiver/cornerback was named the Associated Press 2025 college football player of the year.Hunter helped the No. 20 Buffaloes (9-3) earn a berth in the Dec. 28 Alamo Bowl against No. 17 BYU (10-2), playing 688 snaps on defense and 672 on offense. He has 92 receptions for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns to go along with 32 tackles, four interceptions and 11 passes defensed in 12 games.He already won his second straight Paul Hornung Award as the nation’s most versatile player.Another most outstanding player honor, the Maxwell Award, went Thursday night to Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty, also a Heisman finalist.Jeanty also received the Doak Walker Award as best running back. He has rushed for an FBS-leading 2,497 yards and is tied for first with 29 rushing touchdowns in 13 games.Another Heisman finalist, Miami’s Cam Ward, collected the Davey O’Brien Award as college football’s best quarterback. He beat out Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel, the latter one also one of four Heisman finalists.
Colorado’s Travis Hunter collects unique double at college football awards
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