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Video: Travis Hunter Reveals What His Madden NFL 26 Rating Should Be as Rookie WR, CB

Timothy Rapp@@TRappaRTX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVDecember 22, 2024

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14:  Travis Hunter University of Colorado cornerback/wide receiver kisses the Trophy during the Heisman Trophy press conference at the Marriott Marquis on December 14, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter has high hopes for his NFL career, and high hopes for his Madden rating, too.

The Colorado two-way star and likely top-five pick in the 2025 NFL draft told Chad Johnson and Paul Burmeister of NBC Sports that he believes he should be an 85 overall when he hits the league next year.

Johnson, an official Madden ratings adjustor, countered that the best he could do for Hunter was a 76 as a rookie. Hunter, unsurprisingly, did not seem thrilled with that response.

It will be interesting to see how much Hunter's future NFL team allows him to play both ways. And, by proxy, how his Madden ranking stacks up as both a cornerback and receiver.

More than likely, Hunter will be a full-time cornerback and have some packages drawn up for him at wideout. But if anybody was going to play substantial snaps on both sides of the ball, it would be Hunter.