Heading into the 2025 NFL Draft, one of the greatest questions surrounding the top of the class is what position should Colorado’s Travis Hunter play: wide receiver or cornerback?

Presently conceded, part of Hunter’s appearance is this position versatility, as he played both cornerback and wide receiver at a first-class level in college and could likely play snaps at both positions again at the NFL level in the event that his team experienced an injury or required a play made on an important drive. Some accept Hunter could be a first-class wide receiver, others like his true capacity as a full-time outside cornerback, and others actually accept his game is best used as a subpackage specialist, playing cornerback in a nickel position while logging snaps in the opening on offense too.

While Hunter has pretty much spread the word that he needs to get ready for the 2025 NFL Draft as a cornerback, doing DB drills at the combine while having his measurables against other defensive backfield players, according to ESPN’s Matt Miller, one of the top scouts in the business, his best position might be on the offensive side of the ball. Why? Since the veteran ability evaluator sees a great deal of LSU legend Odell Beckham Jr. in Hunter’s game heading into the 2025 NFL Combine.

“The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy in light of his two-way ability, yet I think his greatest NFL impact will come at receiver, which is the reason I evaluated him here. (He’d be my No. 2 cornerback assuming he only played defense.). Hunter’s playmaking skill, burst in space, and simple speed are a delight to watch,” Miller wrote for ESPN.

“He’s electric on the two sides of the ball. On offense, he had 96 receptions for 1,258 yards and 15 touchdowns. On defense, he had four interceptions and 10 pass breakdowns. And he could be a great punt returner, too.”

Goodness, while Hunter is broadly viewed as one of, if not the top player in the NFL, thinking of a player comp has been unbelievably troublesome in light of the fact that he essentially is so special at the game’s highest level. He’s a big, strong, likely fast wide receiver who could certainly turn into a WR1 on the off chance that he hits his roof. Yet, what number of those players could then have the athletic capacities to follow opposing WR1s, from the fluidity to the change-of-direction ability, and just the ability to read plays effectively backward?

No, what Miller’s assessment demonstrates is that the NFL truly doesn’t have an agreement on Hunter right now, with certain teams probably seeing him as a cornerback, others at wide receiver, and others actually falling someplace in the center. While the truth will come out eventually where he sticks at the NFL level, the genuine inquiry is a straightforward one: what do Tennessee and Cleveland think about Hunter, as he will more than likely be calling one of those two cities home by the end of April?