NFL player isn’t the only new role for Travis Hunter this year.
He will also be a father, as the Jacksonville Jaguars rookie and his wife, Leanna, announced the birth of their son in a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday. The video on Hunter’s YouTube page was accompanied by a caption that said “Dear Son, We love you. Love, Mom and Dad.”
According to Alexandra Hurtado and Samantha Stutsman of People, Travis and Leanna started dating in 2022 and announced their engagement in 2024. They got married in May of this year and now have their first child together.
This comes right before Hunter is set to take the field to start his rookie season in the NFL after the Jaguars selected him with the No. 2 overall pick.
He won the Heisman Trophy and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2024 with Colorado and is expected to play on both sides of the ball at the NFL level as well. It will be anything but easy, but he proved at the collegiate level that he can thrive as both a wide receiver and cornerback even while playing both positions in the same game.
Hunter’s health was a storyline for the Jaguars during training camp and preseason since he missed time with an upper-body injury.
However, Jacksonville general manager James Gladstone said Wednesday the Colorado product is healthy and expected to be on the field for the Sept. 7 opener against the Carolina Panthers, per Demetrius Harvey of the Florida Times-Union.
He will do so as a new father.
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