Big bet on Travis Hunter as first overall pick after Chad Brinker’s comments

Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker said Wednesday that his team “He won’t pass on a generational talent with the first pick in the NFL draftA lot of gamblers interpreted that as a sign that the Giants would take Travis Hunter No. 1 overall.

Hunter, a Colorado Heisman Trophy winner who could be a once-in-a-generation star at both wide receiver and cornerback, has been the subject of a flurry of betting on who will go No. 1 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft at several sportsbooks. Hunter’s odds shifted from long odds in the +1500 range to short odds in the +150 range after Brinker’s comments. Hunter is now the player with the second-shortest odds to be the No. 1 overall pick, behind only Miami quarterback Cam Ward. Hunter’s teammate Shedeur Sanders, who was the favorite to finish first overall for most of the year, has now dropped to third.

“We have seen Big bet on Hunter “Since the comments made yesterday by Titans executives,” Christian Cipollini, director of trading at BetMGM, said via ESPN.

Sportsbook ESPN BET said it had more bets on the No. 1 pick on Wednesday than on any other day since it rolled out its 2025 NFL Draft odds last fall, and 62 percent of those bets were on Hunter to go No. 1 overall.

The draft odds change is a reminder of how carefully gamblers follow the comments of league executives — and how important information about a team’s draft plans is.