CU Buffs’ Travis Hunter named 2024 Heisman Trophy finalist

The Travis Hunter Heisman Train is heading to the one stop that matters: Manhattan.

Hunter, the CU Buffs’ star wide receiver and cornerback, is among the finalists for the 2024 Heisman Trophy, presented annually to the player who provides the most “outstanding performance” in college football, as defined by the award itself.

Finalists were announced this afternoon by ESPN.

The Heisman Trophy will be presented at a ceremony in New York City that begins at 6 p.m. Saturday and will be aired live by ESPN.

Hunter, a 6-foot-1 athlete out of Suwanee, Ga., will join Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty and Miami quarterback Cam Ward in the Big Apple later this week as the nation’s four-leading vote-getters for the award.

Hunter led the Buffs in receptions (92), receiving yards (1,152), receiving touchdowns (14), interceptions (four) and passes defended (11). He’s the first Football Bowl Subdivision player since 1980 to record at least four interceptions, 1,100 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns in the same season.

Hunter is just the third player in CU history to secure a finish among the Heisman’s top four finalists. Halfback Byron “Whizzer” White wound up second in the 1937 ballot. In 1989, CU sent two finalists to the Big Apple — tailback Eric Bieniemy was third while QB Darian Hagan was fifth.

Buffs tailback Rashaan Salaam won the award in 1994, becoming the first — and, to date, only — CU player to do so.

(Note: This is a developing story. Please check back with DenverPost.com for updates.)