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Colorado wide receiver and cornerback Travis Hunter says he hopes to stay in-state even if he decides to forgo his senior season with the Buffaloes to enter the 2025 NFL Draft.

“I wish I could go to the Broncos just to stay in Colorado,” Hunter said on Thursday’s episode of the Kicking with Dee podcast (11:00 PM) “Because so many people just welcomed us with open arms. They showed us love that we would never have gotten in any other place.”

Hunter joined the Buffaloes ahead of the 2023 season after starting his career working for head coach Deion Sanders and quarterback Shedeur Sanders at Jackson State.

Since then, the two-way star said he has been welcomed “with open arms” by the Boulder community.

“My neighbors, they know my car in the neighborhood, so they come there before every game… they have a sign in front of my truck and they say, ‘He’s everywhere,’ ‘He’s him,’ ‘Heisman ‘. it.’ They change it up every game, so I get to see that, and that’s cool,” Hunter said. “And then I have the little kids from my neighborhood come by and want me to sign things.

“That’s cool because I want to leave an impact on this community here. I mean, they welcomed us with open arms.”

This isn’t the first time Hunter has said he would like to play for the Broncos. He said before the 2023 season that he would end up in Denver if he “had a say.”

Hunter, who leads the Big 12 with 46 catches while recording 561 receiving yards and six touchdowns through four games, has also recorded 16 tackles and two interceptions on the other side of the ball.

The B/R NFL Scouting Department projected Hunter as the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NFL Draft in their latest mock. Even if the No. 1 team chooses to fill a positional need by going for a quarterback, Hunter is still an early bet to be a top 10 pick in the upcoming draft.

As things stand now, the Broncos, who have started the season with a 2-2 record, will have to start losing more games to have a likely shot at Hunter. If he ends up in Colorado, the two-time star could be a game-changing addition next season alongside rookie quarterback Bo Nix.