Travis Hunter’s Heisman Acceptance Speech

I want to thank Coach Prime, Shedeur. Man, y'all changed my life forever. That one simple phone call, Shedeur, look where I'm at. Man, that's crazy, bro. It's crazy. I'm trying not to get emotional because I know our last game coming up soon. But I'm thankful for both of y'all.

Coach Prime, I'm going to whip you on that lake tomorrow or whenever we get the chance. But thank you, man. You changed my life forever. I told you that multiple times. I really appreciative of it.

Wayne, you don't know how you came into our life, man. My fiancée love you. I ain't learned nothing. I didn't know none of your songs until she let me know. Because I don't listen to music. She let me know. She told me, you got to listen to this. If you don't listen to music, listen to Wayne. And from that day on, that's all I listened to. Pre-game music, that's the songs I listened to. When I get in that TRX and I blast that music, I'm listening to Wayne. It's crazy. Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, bunch! That's my song. Don't tell you, man. That's what it's crazy. I respect you for coming out here to support me, man.

You know, Coach Ray, I know you over there trying not to get emotional. Bro, it's them hard hours, them talkless, them sleepless nights that we had, making us find a decision to even come back and go with Coach Prime with Colorado. I mean, it's crazy how far it took us. I'm just shocked to be on this stage right now. I can't even get everything out that I want to say. But, man, I love you. Thank you. Everything that you have done for me, thank you.

My brother, where you at, Trayvis? That's my dog, man. You know I do this for you, bro. We've been doing this for a long time. You was always next to me, even at times I ain't want to take you, my mama made me take you. But I'm doing this for you, bro. I'm doing this for all my siblings, man. I thank y'all for keep looking up to me. I'm gonna make sure I keep taking the right steps in the right direction for y'all. Relay that to all of them. Even if I don't get to talk to them or don't see them tonight, I'm thankful for y'all being behind me and looking up to your big brother. I will never let you down. I'm gonna keep going. Never let nobody tell you what you can't do. Always do it and keep your foot on the gas.

My cousin, Fuller, we used to play the game 24-7. I never thought we'd all be in this moment, be here on this stage. We was always in that house. Created players and making them 99 on the cover. And we played that game all the time, man. Appreciate you being here.

And my grandma, you're the person that got me to start playing football. That means so much to me. You seen the vision before I even seen the vision. At four years old, you told me to go put on some pads. Go out in the front yard and play with your cousins. Y'all see how small I am. Just imagine me at four years old trying to put on shoulder pads. It's crazy. You know, I thank you. I thank you. I know you're up there crying. I rarely talk to you, but I'm telling you right now, I love you. Thank you for everything you have done.

And I want to say something to my father. He's not here to be able to make it, but I know you're watching on TV. Dad, I love you. All the stuff you went through, man look at your older son. I did it for you, man. All the times that you didn't get to see me. When the times you came to see my games, from not seeing probably two games in high school to seeing me on TV every weekend and come to see me, man. That means so much to me. I know you wanted to be here and you can't, but trust me, I got you. I'm bringing the trophy home. I love you.

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I got more I want to say, and all the coaches that helped me when my mom, took me and my brother to move away from Florida to Georgia. I thank y'all so much. Coach Fountain, I appreciate you. You took me to every practice. You took me to go get my first pair of cleats in high school. You took me to every training session that I had. Two times a day, every day of the week in the off season. You made sure I had the good grades to get through high school. I thank you so much. I know you're back home at Collins Hill watching this right now. I hope you don't cry, but I'm gonna cry for you. Thank you.

All my Collins Hill homies, coaches, teachers. I thank y'all. Y'all shined the light on me. Y'all helped me get everything I needed and everything I wanted out of football. Thank y'all. Thanks.

Last but not least, my Colorado Buffaloes. I appreciate y'all so much. I know y'all somewhere out here in New York. Nobody know y'all here, but now they know, baby. Now they know. Hey, man. I thank all the brothers. All my brothers through college, you know, Jackson State included. That was my learning ground. That was my proven ground. I had to start somewhere and I started there. Thank y'all at Jackson State. Colorado, I know y'all somewhere. And we got this after party. It's gonna go crazy.

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Hey, appreciate y'all, man. I love y'all. I put y'all on the flight, but y'all, the most people that made it, thank y'all for making the flight. Holding my name down, holding the Colorado name down. Sko Buff, baby.”