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Jersey Number 17
Michael Hunter
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 191
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Monroe, LA
- High School:
- West Monroe
Bio
A fifth-year transfer from Indiana with two years of experience as a full-time starter at the FBS level.
2014 (Junior): Started all 12 games … Made 36 tackles, 29 solo, 3.5 tackles for loss (nine yards), one interception and five pass breakups … Tied for third on the team with his five pass breakups … Recorded his interception in the Purdue win … Posted a season-high seven stops with a half-tackle for loss at Bowling Green … Shared the team lead with six tackles, all solo, with one stop for loss and one pass breakup in the North Texas win … Also collected one tackle for loss in the season-opening Indiana State win and at Iowa … Finished the year with one pass breakup in each of his final three games … Two-time IU defensive player of the week (Ohio State and Purdue) … Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2013 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games … Posted 42 tackles, 34 solo, three tackles for loss (seven yards), one interception (28 yards), seven pass breakups and one forced fumble … Picked off his first career pass in Indiana State win … Credited with a career-high four pass breakups in the Bowling Green victory … Tallied career-bests with nine stops and seven solos at Michigan State … Collected five tackles, a career-high two TFLs and forced his first career fumble in Purdue win … Added six solo stops against Missouri … Academic All-Big Ten selection. 2012: Redshirted.
2011 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games and started at Iowa, against Northwestern and at Ohio State … Made 13 tackles, nine solo, with two pass breakups … Carded four tackles with one pass breakup in his first career start at Iowa … Added three stops with one pass breakup at Ohio State.
High School: Cornerback for head coach Don Shows at West Monroe High School … Member of the 2009 and 2010 all-northeast Louisiana and all-district teams … All-state selection recorded 44 tackles, forced a pair of fumbles and recovered three fumbles in 2010 … Picked off one pass, broke up five passes and blocked one kick … Rated the No. 81 cornerback nationally by ESPN.com following his senior year … Four-year football letterwinner also lettered in basketball and track … Academic all-state selection as a senior … Boasted a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal: Michael Dewayne Hunter, Jr., was born April 19, 1993 … Son of Michael and Jackie Hunter … Father, Michael, played basketball at Grambling State University … Graduated from Indiana with a degree in exercise science.
2014 (Junior): Started all 12 games … Made 36 tackles, 29 solo, 3.5 tackles for loss (nine yards), one interception and five pass breakups … Tied for third on the team with his five pass breakups … Recorded his interception in the Purdue win … Posted a season-high seven stops with a half-tackle for loss at Bowling Green … Shared the team lead with six tackles, all solo, with one stop for loss and one pass breakup in the North Texas win … Also collected one tackle for loss in the season-opening Indiana State win and at Iowa … Finished the year with one pass breakup in each of his final three games … Two-time IU defensive player of the week (Ohio State and Purdue) … Academic All-Big Ten selection.
2013 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games … Posted 42 tackles, 34 solo, three tackles for loss (seven yards), one interception (28 yards), seven pass breakups and one forced fumble … Picked off his first career pass in Indiana State win … Credited with a career-high four pass breakups in the Bowling Green victory … Tallied career-bests with nine stops and seven solos at Michigan State … Collected five tackles, a career-high two TFLs and forced his first career fumble in Purdue win … Added six solo stops against Missouri … Academic All-Big Ten selection. 2012: Redshirted.
2011 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games and started at Iowa, against Northwestern and at Ohio State … Made 13 tackles, nine solo, with two pass breakups … Carded four tackles with one pass breakup in his first career start at Iowa … Added three stops with one pass breakup at Ohio State.
High School: Cornerback for head coach Don Shows at West Monroe High School … Member of the 2009 and 2010 all-northeast Louisiana and all-district teams … All-state selection recorded 44 tackles, forced a pair of fumbles and recovered three fumbles in 2010 … Picked off one pass, broke up five passes and blocked one kick … Rated the No. 81 cornerback nationally by ESPN.com following his senior year … Four-year football letterwinner also lettered in basketball and track … Academic all-state selection as a senior … Boasted a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal: Michael Dewayne Hunter, Jr., was born April 19, 1993 … Son of Michael and Jackie Hunter … Father, Michael, played basketball at Grambling State University … Graduated from Indiana with a degree in exercise science.
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