Deion Sanders furious after Travis Hunter snubbed Big College Football Award

Colorado star two-way player Travis Hunter is the odds-on favorite to capture the Heisman Trophy and has a shot at multiple individual college football awards when the regular season concludes this weekend.

On Tuesday, finalists for several prestigious awards (apart from the Heisman Trophy) were announced.

Hunter was named a finalist for the Maxwell Award (for best all-around player), Biletnikoff (for best wide receiver), Bednarik Award (for best defensive player), Hornung Award (for most versatile player) and the Walter Camp Award (for most outstanding player).

Hunter stands to win more of those awards, and likely the Heisman Trophy, but his coach Deion Sanders was upset that Hunter was not named a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to college football’s top defensive back. The point of complaint from Sanders is legitimate considering Hunter is a finalist for Bednarik as the best defensive player in the sport.

“Travis can get my Thorpe Award because if this isn’t the most idiotic thing in college football,” Sanders said Tuesday of Hunter’s snub.

Well, there you have it. Sanders is right – Hunter should have been named a finalist.

Unfortunately, he may have to settle for the Heisman (and others) instead.