{"id":427794,"date":"2026-01-23T09:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427794\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T09:58:14","slug":"nfl-star-travis-hunter-pushes-back-on-wag-trolls-top-things-that-never-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/427794\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL star Travis Hunter pushes back on WAG trolls: ‘Top things that never happened’"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL star Travis Hunter pushes back on WAG trolls: ‘Top things that never happened’<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Travis Hunter\u00a0has had his rookie NFL campaign take an unexpected turn, but the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> wide receiver isn\u2019t letting the noise distract him from what matters most.<\/p>\n

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Selected second overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2025 NFL Draft, the 22-year-old saw his first professional season cut short after suffering a torn lateral collateral ligament. The injury required surgery in November and sidelined him for the remainder of the year, shifting his attention away from Sundays and toward recovery \u2014 and, lately, social media.<\/p>\n

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That transition came during a major life change off the field. Hunter and his wife, Leanna Lenee, welcomed their first child earlier this year. The couple, who married in May 2025 after years together, announced the pregnancy in an August YouTube vlog and have kept their son\u2019s name private.<\/p>\n

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Recently, Hunter shared a series of beach photos on Instagram showing Lenee holding their newborn as he leaned in for a kiss. The post was captioned simply: \u201cDada babies.\u201d While many fans congratulated the couple, the comment section also drew familiar internet speculation about Lenee\u2019s loyalty.<\/p>\n

When one commenter alleged infidelity, Hunter responded directly and decisively. \u201cTop things that never happened,\u201d he wrote, shutting down the rumor without elaboration.<\/p>\n

The exchange reopened a pattern the couple has dealt with since Hunter\u2019s rise to national prominence. According to Atlanta Black Star,<\/a> Lenee, now a content creator with hundreds of thousands of followers across Instagram and TikTok, has often been scrutinized as Hunter\u2019s profile has grown. The attention intensified during his college career at Jackson State University and later at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he became one of the sport\u2019s most recognizable stars.<\/p>\n

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One flashpoint came at the 2024 Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York, when video showed Colorado head coach Deion Sanders prompting Lenee to stand as Hunter was announced as the winner. Online criticism quickly followed, with detractors questioning her reaction.<\/p>\n

Hunter addressed that backlash months later during a livestream, standing firmly behind his partner. \u201cI know what I got. I know my girl. My girl\u2019s been with me for five years,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n

Lenee later explained that she remained seated because Hunter\u2019s mother did as well, adding that she was overwhelmed and emotional in the moment. In July 2025, she returned to TikTok to speak about ongoing cyberbullying, sharing that she had spent recent months focusing on personal growth and faith.<\/p>\n

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As Hunter rehabs his injury and prepares for his next NFL chapter, he\u2019s made one thing clear: online speculation won\u2019t rewrite his reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL star Travis Hunter pushes back on WAG trolls: ‘Top things that never happened’ originally appeared on The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[4583,49,48,1725,178520,178519,514,82,13956,1774],"class_list":["post-427794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2025-nfl-draft","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-lateral-collateral-ligament","tag-leanna-lenee","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-stefon-diggs","tag-travis-hunter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}