Awards & Honors
- 2025 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
- 2025 Preseason All-SoCon First Team by Phil Steele
2025 Season (RS-Senior) - Prior to his final season with the Bucs, Hunter was named Presason All-SoCon First Team by the league's coaches...In 11 games played (four starts), Hunter totaled 37 tackles (4.5 for loss) and three sacks...He also led ETSU in forced fumbles with three...His top tackling outing came on the road at West Georgia where he totaled a season-high seven stops...Tallied sacks against Murray State, Samford, and Western Carolina...Forced fumbles in those same three contests as well...Recovered a fumble on September 20 against Elon...Finished with five quarterback hurries and broke up one pass in the season finale against The Citadel.Â
2024 Season (RS-Junior) -Â Hunter played in all 12 games for the Bucs during his first season with the program in 2024...The Atlanta native finished the season with 34 tackles (7.5 for loss), 6.5 sacks, three quarterback hurries, two interceptions, and one forced fumble...His top tackling outing came in back-to-back weeks against Mercer and Furman, where he totaled six stops in each game...Had a pair of two-sack games against The Citadel and Samford...Returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown in the win over UVA Wise on September 7...Also had a pick against rival Chattanooga on October 5...Lone player in the SoCon to have two or more sacks and interceptions in 2024.Â
Prior to ETSU - Transfer from Gardner-Webb...In 2023, played nine games where he totaled 13 tackles, four quarterback hurries, and three pass break-ups...In 2022, played in 11 games at defensive end last season...Recorded 15 tackles (seven solo), 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and forced one fumble...Recorded 1.5 sacks vs NC A&T (11/19)...Season-high three tackles at Marshall (10/1)...In 2021, played in one game, seeing action vs. Lincoln (9/18) … Qualified for a redshirt season...Played at Hapeville Charter Career (Ga.) Academy under Coach Winston Gordon … Led Hornets to a 6-4 record in 2020 … A first-team Class 4A All-State selection by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Preps and RecruitGeorgia.com … A first-team All-Metro selection by the Atlanta Journal Constitution … Earned first-team All-Region 6-AAAA honors following senior season … Finished the 2020 campaign with 55 total tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 12 quarterback sacks … Chose Gardner-Webb over Kansas and Memphis … Also considered offers from Tulane, Western Kentucky, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Eastern Michigan.
