Playing two ways and doing it at a high level, in baseball and football is incredibly challenging.
But what is more difficult: what is Shohei Ohtani doing in baseball or what Travis Hunter is doing in football?
“Probably me, what I do in football (it is more difficult) because it is a lot in your body,” Hunter told NFL Combine journalists.
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Defensive of Colorado Travis Hunter (DB15) during the combination of NFL 2025 at the Lucas Oil Stadium. (Tanner Pearson-Imagn images)
“Ohtani, is a great player, but you have to do a lot in football.”
In addition to the physical challenges of playing two ways in both sports, a lot of additional preparation is needed to play both ways.
No one has played two full -time ways in the NFL from the member of the Chuck Bednarik Fame Hall, who was an offensive supporter and liner of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1949 to 1962. The coach of the University of Hunter, Deion Sanders, also played on both sides, but made his career in the Hall of Fame as a corner.
Ohtani has prospered as a two -way player with the Los Angeles and Los Angeles Dodgers, since he has won three MVP in his seven -year career.
Travis Hunter firm in capacity to become a successful bidirectional player in the NFL: ‘I’m just different’
The Los Angeles Dodgers appointed the hitter Shhehei Ohtani celebrates while leading the foundations for his solitary home run during the ninth entry of a baseball game against Washington Nationals in Nationals Park, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Washington. The Dodgers won 4-1. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Last season, Ohtani did not launch, because he was recovering elbow surgery, but still won the MVP of the National League as a designated batter.
Hunter insists that he wants to play both ways in the NFL after prospering both the corner and the open receiver in Colorado, winning the Heisman trophy in 2024.
“I’ve been doing this for a long time, so I feel that I can continue doing it,” he said. “Hopefully, they will let me out 100% (in both), but that depends on the organization.”
The routine of the week of the game of the six -foot hunter and 185 pounds in Colorado asked calls to wake up early in the morning, regular treatment sessions, solo studio sessions to dominate both the game games and understand the staff and a commitment to maintain their body in form to obtain a higher form to be able to play approximately 2,500 snapshots in the last two seasons.
The open receptor of Buffaloes of Colorado Travis Hunter (12) reacts after the victory against the Cowboys of the state of Oklahoma in Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn images)
Sanders has been burning in his belief that Hunter can play both ways in the NFL.
Hunter is not working at The Combine in Indianapolis, but said he interviewed teams where he has answered questions about open and corner receiver.
It will depend on the team that recorts to Hunter to decide how he wants to deploy it, since the degree of difficulty is very high to play in both directions, much less do it at a high level for a regular season of 17 games.
