NEW YORK — Travis Hunter received the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night time, capping a season during which he was a dominant drive on each side of the ball for Colorado.
The star cornerback/receiver grew to become the second Buffaloes participant to win faculty soccer’s most prestigious award, following late operating again Rashaan Salaam in 1994.
The vote was shut, with Hunter garnering 552 first-place votes for two,231 whole factors. Boise State operating again Ashton Jeanty was second with 309 first-place votes and a couple of,017 factors. It marked the closest margin of victory since 2009, when Mark Ingram edged Toby Gerhart.
Two quarterbacks — Dillon Gabriel of Oregon and Cam Ward of Miami — completed third and fourth, respectively.
It marked solely the fifth time this century a quarterback did not win. The final time no signal-caller positioned within the high two was 2015, when operating backs Derrick Henry of Alabama and Christian McCaffrey ran 1-2 in voting.
A dominant participant on each offense and protection who hardly ever comes off the sector, Hunter is a throwback to generations passed by and the primary full-time, true two-way star in many years.
On offense, he had 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns this season to assist the Buffaloes (9-3) earn their first bowl bid in 4 years. On protection, he made 4 interceptions, broke up 11 passes and compelled a important fumble that secured an extra time victory towards Baylor.
The junior from Suwanee, Georgia, adopted flashy coach Deion Sanders from Jackson State, an HBCU that performs within the decrease stage FCS, to the Rocky Mountains and has already racked up a staggering mixture of accolades this week, together with: AP Player of the Year, the Walter Camp Award as nationwide participant of the yr, the Chuck Bednarik Award as the highest defensive participant and the Biletnikoff Award for greatest large receiver.
He’s projected to go No. 1 total in subsequent yr’s NFL draft, in keeping with ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr.
Information from The Associated Press was used on this report.
