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Robert Griffin III Slams Eli Manning's Report On Travis Hunter's CU Practice

RG3 backs up Coach Prime's camp following Manning's comments on the Colorado Heisman winner's practice habits that sparked controversy.

Robert Griffin III checked Eli Manning for claiming that Travis Hunter never practiced with the offensive squad at Colorado.

During Monday’s ManningCast, Mamning said that Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen told him that Hunter participated in “zero” practice as a wide receiver at Colorado. He was solely focused on the defensive side of the ball.

“I talked to Liam Coen. He said while [Hunter] was at Colorado, he practiced zero with the offense. He only practiced defense. They just kind of had a special system where they had signals,” Manning explained. “The coach would just signal the formation to him, and then signal the route to him. So he just improvised, just went out there, winged it as a receiver. So he’s still learning right now how to be a receiver.”

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Griffin wrote that Manning was lying about Hunter’s collegiate practice routine.

“This is a lie. Travis Hunter practiced on both sides of the ball at Colorado. Coach Prime even had Travis practice exclusively on offense for nearly an entire spring football to refine his skills as a WR,” Griffin’s post read. “Then practiced him at Corner for a day and he had 3 ints. Just let him play.”

Griffin seemed to be speaking from a place of truth because Deion Sanders Jr. taped all of Hunter’s practices.

The Colorado coach also took aim at Manning for his comments about Hunter.

“That was a lie,” Sanders  told reporters on Tuesday. “Travis Hunter played offense and defense. We started out with the ones on offense going for the first four or five reps, then he went over and played defense the next four or five reps, and he did it the whole practice.” 

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