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"They just forget I'm here": Travis Hunter opens up about feeling "stepped over" days before NFL draft 2025

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Travis Hunter , the latest recipient of the prestigious Heisman Triphy, has gone through a difficult time in the past few months ever since his fiancee, Leanna Lenee , got targeted by haters and was brutally trolled, While the college football star is all set to be drafted in the NFL, he recently opened up about feeling “invisible” when he is among people.

Travis Hunter opens up about people forgetting him and how winning a Heisman did not make things better for him


In a recent episode of Travis Hunter’s popular podcast, The Travis Hunter Show, his friend and co-host asked him, “What’s an accomplishment you think was underrated?”

The college football star, Travis Hunter said, “Winning a Heisman. Super underrated. People still just step over me like I’m not even here.”

When Travis Hunter was asked to “elaborate” on it, he said, “They just forget I was… they just, yeah, they just forget I’m here, bro.”

Travis Hunter added, “I’m just saying, you know, like a lot of people just try to tell me—they trying to say that I don’t know how to play football. It’s kind of what it is, bro.”


While it is not known which “people” Travis Hunter was referring to when he opened up about being stepped over, his friend and co-host, Boog, tried to cheer him up by saying how sometimes “people find to hate some and love some” and “that's okay”.


Travis Hunter ended his college football with a loss as his team, the Colorado Buffaloes, lost at the Alamo Bowl but that did not affect his stellar record.


Travis Hunter’s fiancee Leanna Lenee deleted her social media accounts after she was accused of cheating on the football star


However, it was his personal life and relationship with fiancee, Leanna Lenee, that kept him more in the news than his professional life.


Leanna Lenee was accused by Travis Hunter’s fans of being a “gold digger” as fans speculated that she has been with the college football star only because of his wealth and fame.




Even though both Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee have defended their relationship, it all fell on deaf ears.


At the end, Leanna Lenee had to delete her social media accounts to escape the brutal trolling she was receiving on a daily basis.


After this whole ordeal, both Travis Hunter and Leanna Lenee, have become much more private with their lives. Even when they make a public appearance now, they try to not interact with the fans and media and keep to themselves.


Previously, the couple were extremely open about their relationship and even had a joint YouTube channel where they posted their wedding plans. As of today, the YouTube channel, by the name, Travis and Leanna, remains inactive.


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