Colorado star Travis Hunter offers advice to ex-UNLV QB amid NIL drama: 'It's about getting to the NFL'

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Colorado Buffaloes two-way star Travis Hunter weighed in on the drama surrounding former UNLV quarterback Matthew Sluka on Wednesday.

Sluka left the Rebels after a 3-0 start over financial commitments that allegedly were not met. He decided to take a redshirt year instead of finishing the season at the school. He had already transferred to UNLV from Holy Cross.

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Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter, #12, before the game against the Baylor Bears at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado, on Sept. 21, 2024. (Christopher Hanewinckel-Imagn Images)

Hunter said on his podcast, "The Travis Hunter Show," that Sluka should be focusing on the draft and not name, image and likeness (NIL) deals.

"Buddy, if I'm you, I'm trying to get to the NFL," said Hunter, who is a contender for the Heisman Trophy this year. "NIL can wait. I know it happened to a lot of your teammates, but I'm out there ballin' on that field. I need all of the film I can get. Every piece of bit of the film. ... It's not about the NIL, it's about the NFL. 

"Because I know if I would have went to go transfer somewhere else, could have got a major amount of money, but it ain't about the money. It's about getting to the NFL. The NFL going to set you for life. NIL can only set you for a moment."

Sluka announced last week he was leaving the team amid a 3-0 start, alleging that certain commitments weren’t fulfilled when he decided to transfer from Holy Cross to UNLV.

"I committed to UNLV based on certain representations that were