BREAKING NEWS NFL rookie Travis Hunter's dad is arrested AGAIN
Police were reportedly alerted to Travis Hunter Sr. on June 28 after authorities were unable to locate him on a court-ordered tracking device for 11 minutes.
Authorities briefly lost track of him between 8:07pm and 8:18pm because he was 'too far away from his monitoring device to be accurately tracked', court documents obtained by USA Today show.
As a result, a warrant was issued for Hunter Sr. on July 10. However, the 39-year-old was only taken into custody in Palm Beach on Tuesday according to court records.
As of Tuesday night, it's reported Hunter Sr. was still being held at West Palm Beach jail without bond.
When contacted by the device's monitoring center on June 28, Hunter Sr. allegedly said he was in his bedroom while the device was in the living room. Then, on July 1, he claimed he had lost it and was searching for it.
It is not ideal new for Hunter Jr., given the rookie has only just started his first training camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Hunter was taken with the second overall pick in this year's NFL Draft and is expected to take on the incredibly rare challenge of playing both offense and defense.
Hunter Sr. was arrested in November of 2023 after police in Lantana, Florida pulled him over because his license plate wasn't illuminated, according to court records.
Not only was Hunter Sr. found to be driving without a license, but a subsequent search allegedly revealed drugs and a loaded pistol.
He was charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon following a previous conviction for allegedly selling heroin. Hunter Sr. reached a plea deal in 2024 that reduced his prison sentence to 90 days, with three years' probation.
Hunter Sr. secured permission to attend the NFL Draft in Green Bay in April, where Hunter Jr. said goodbye to Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes for the bright lights of the NFL.
Back in May, a judge ruled that Hunter Sr. would not be given 'special treatment' by Florida's legal system as his son prepared to embark on life in the NFL.
Palm Beach County's Honorable Howard Coates Jr. denied the elder Hunter's request to modify the remainder of his sentence on gun and drug charges.
Currently on community control supervision, a highly monitored form of probation, Hunter Sr. recently asked for more freedom so he can mentor his son as he begins his NFL career four hours north in Jacksonville.
Hunter already has plenty going on in his personal life after his wife, Leanna Lenee, shared a video of her breaking down in tears while in the middle of brutal scrutiny from online trolls.
Over the past year, Lenee has been at the center of a firestorm of hate from online commenters - especially over perceived slights directed at Hunter - during the 2024 college football season.
That season ended with Hunter winning the Heisman Trophy, the second ever won by a player from the University of Colorado. A few weeks later, Hunter and Lenee would tie the knot in Tennessee at a glamorous wedding following years of dating.
But those years of affection and dating were ignored by trolls who lobbed accusations of gold digging and fame hunting toward Lenee throughout the prior season.
On Monday, Lenee showed an insight into how that affected her by posting footage of her from back in December - crying fresh out of the shower.
The video, posted to TikTok, had the sound of a Church sermon playing behind it while Lenee spoke into the camera. However, nothing that she said was audible.
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