Travis Hunter and his mom (Photos via ESPN)
Travis Hunter won the Heisman T͏rophy on ͏Satu͏rday nig͏ht, but his mother ended up stealing the show with her comments.
The Colorado dual-threat joined a bunch of legends after winning the Heisman as his mother tagged him as a ‘mistake’ during her speech on Hunter’s win.
During the ceremony, his mother, Ferrante Harris, shared a powerful message as she spoke about her son and what he just accomplished,
At one point, she touted him as a mistake.
“I love the person that he is, but I’m also grateful that because what they said was my biggest mistake turned out to be the biggest blessing. So there, that just goes to show you, you can have, you can make mistakes, but that does not define who you are.”
Travis hunter mom calling him a mistake on live national tv as he gets his heisman award is nasty work pic.twitter.com/hFbC3kmi79
— John (@iam_johnw) December 15, 2024
Her comments looked bad when you first heard her, but she clearly said that other people referred to her child as a mistake.
Travis Hunter’s mother also sent a strong message to other moms like her:
“I’m so excited for him, but I’m also so excited for all the people that’s behind him, all the people that look up to him and see that he is just, you can do it. It doesn’t matter if you fall, get back up. You only fail when you stop, and he didn’t. Now look at him. Well, I just want to say, this is for the strong moms out there, because you have just spoken truth to all of us. Thank you so much.”
As for Hunter, he became the second Heisman winner in Colorado history, joining the late Rashaan Salaam, who won the award in 1994.
Hunter won with 2,231 total points, as compared to Jeanty, who finished with 2,017 points. His victory was the smallest margin of victory since Alabama running back Mark Ingram beat out Stanford RB Toby Gerhart in 2009.
Here’s the full points total, including the first-place votes:
1st place: Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter (2,231 points, 552 first-place votes)
2nd place: Boise State RB Ashton Jeanty (2,017 points, 309 first-place votes)
3rd place: Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel (516 points, 24 first-place votes)
4th place: Miami QB Cam Ward (229 points, six first-place votes)
5th place: Arizona State RB Cam Skattebo (170 points, three first-place votes)
6th place: Army QB Bryson Daily (69 points, three first-place votes)
7th place: Penn State Tyler Warren (52 points, one first-place vote)
8th place: Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders (47 points, one first-place vote)
9th place: Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke (22 points, two first-place votes)
Where Will Travis Hunter Get Drafted?
Travis Hunter will get drafted to a very bad team that desperately needs him.
Many teams drafting within the top few draft picks will want a quarterback, but it will be hard to ignore a talented two-way player like Hunter.
The Jaguars are widely considered the front-runner for the first overall pick, and since they have a quarterback in place, it is very likely that Hunter could go to them.
In the 2025 NFL Draft, Hunter is widely considered one of the best prospects in the class.
Hunter finished the regular season with 92 receptions and 14 receiving touchdowns for 1,152 receiving yards.
He also had 31 total tackles and four interceptions in 12 games this season.
Kansas City Chiefs President Forced To Address Rumors That Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce’s Relationship Is Just A “Marketing Strategy” For The Team
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)There’s a conspiracy theory for just about everything, including bizarre ones relating to the highly publicized relationship between Grammy Award-winning singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
The three-time Super Bowl champion has been in a relationship with Taylor Swift for over a year. Their rumored romance was confirmed when Swift attended the Chiefs’ Week 3, 2023 home game against the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium.
Kelce’s romance with Swfit has been a giant win for the Chiefs and the NFL, too. She has brought plenty more attention to the NFL and contributed to the Chiefs’ skyrocketing popularity worldwide.
Naturally, conspiracy theorists believe the Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift romance is simply a marketing ploy to help the Chiefs and the league. But Chiefs president Mark Donovan finally addressed the ridiculous rumor during an appearance on NBC’s “Squawk Box” program:
“I’d love to say that it was a marketing strategy, but it is an authentic relationship. And we’re happy to have it, and it’s been nothing but good for us.
I think the best thing I can say about the whole relationship and the impact it’s had on us is, Taylor Swift is an authentic member of the Kansas City Chiefs kingdom. She’s an authentic fan and that matters to our fans and our fan base and to matters to us and we try to respect that.”
