Combs posted to Facebook<\/a>. \u201cHe offered to put my bag in the overhead compartment and helped me with my tray. He was always polite, saying \u2018yes ma\u2019am\u2019 or \u2018no ma\u2019am.\u2019 Anyone would be proud to have him as a son or grandson\u2014so polite.\u201d<\/p>\nTravis Hunter smiles in a selfie with his newest fan: Sandy Hawkins Combs. Sandy Hawkins Combs\/Facebook<\/p>\n
When other passengers on the United Airlines flight began congratulating Hunter on being drafted to Jacksonville and even taking pictures with him, Combs started to question who exactly this man seated next to her was.<\/p>\n
\u201cI turned and asked him, \u2018Who am I sitting next to?\u2019\u201d Combs continued in the post. \u201cI looked at his Jaguar pants, smiled, and asked, \u2018Are you an athlete?\u2019<\/p>\n
Travis Hunter is expected to play both defensive back and wide receiver. AP<\/p>\n
\u201cHe smiled and said, \u2018I\u2019m Travis. Yes, I was drafted by the Jags.\u2019 I already told my sons I want his jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n
With even the most unsuspecting people quickly becoming fans, Hunter\u2019s off to a good start with his new NFL home and its fanbase.<\/p>\n
The Jaguars clearly liked what they saw from the former Colorado Buffalo following during his collegiate career as they traded up to pick No. 2 in the draft to select him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And with run-ins like these in a public setting, it\u2019s looking like Jacksonville\u2019s choice to select the most recent Heisman Trophy winner went beyond just the football field.<\/p>\n
Travis Hunter is all smiles at the Jaguars\u2019 rookie minicamp on Saturday. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Hunter\u2019s character earned himself a new fan and the team a future customer.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s so humble and down-to-earth\u2014I would have never guessed he was a professional athlete,\u201d Combs wrote. \u201cJACKSONVILLE JAGS, you did good! I will be buying tickets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travis Hunter isn\u2019t just a standout football player. On a flight back home from Denver, Sandy Hawkins Combs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2060],"tags":[59,7,212,125,2401,213,6,9,10,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-43157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-colorado-buffaloes","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jacksonville","11":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","12":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","13":"tag-jaguars","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-entertainment","17":"tag-travis-hunter"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114492542065215030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}