Texas Tech University Athletics
Aaron Hunt's Draft Bio
April 25, 2003 | Football
#9 Aaron Hunt
Defensive End
6-3, 270, Senior
Denison, Texas (Denison)
2002: Dallas Morning News All-Big 12 First Team ... honorable Mention All-Big 12 Coaches ... preseason Playboy All-American ... logged two sacks and five tackles, including three for loss, in 55-15 win over Clemson in the MAZDA Tangerine Bowl ... had 10 tackles and two quarterback hurries at Oklahoma ... picked up the 32nd sack of his career against Texas...set the Big 12 sack record with a sack against Oklahoma State ... three tackles and two quarterback pressures against the Cowboys ... set Tech career sack record with first sack of the season at Ohio State ... ranks among the NCAA's top five all-time sacks leaders ... registered first sack since Ohio State against Baylor and finished the game with a career-high three sacks ... also made eight stops, four tackles for 20 lost yards, a forced fumble and a quarterback hurry ... logged eight tackles, including three for loss, and three quarterback pressures against Colorado ... had six tackles and a career-high five quarterback hurries against Missouri ... solid performance at Iowa State with a season and career-high 18 tackles ... had six tackles and a quarterback hurry against the Aggies ... logged nine stops and two tackles for loss in win over New Mexico ... also had a pass deflection and two quarterback hurries ... recorded six tackles, including one for loss, against N.C. State ... also blocked a field goal and had a quarterback pressure ... had six tackles, including one for loss, and four quarterback hurries in win over Ole Miss ... opened the season with a sack and six tackles at Ohio State.
2001: Football News Third-Team All-America ... Football News First-Team All-Big 12 ... All-Big 12 Second Team by the coaches ... Dallas Morning News First-Team All-Big 12 ... Associated Press First-Team All-Big 12 ... is in second place all-time at Tech with 25 career sacks ... trails leader Montae Reagor by a half of a sack ... single-season record holder with 12 sacks last season ... had five tackles against Iowa, including four for loss and two sacks ... logged seven tackles, including two for loss, and two quarterback hurries against SFA ... had 11 tackles and two sacks against Oklahoma ... eight tackles, three for loss, and two sacks at OSU ... had 12 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack against A&M ... finished the BU game with six tackles, one tackle for loss, two quarterback hurries and two sacks ... posted seven tackles, including one for loss, at Nebraska ... has been playing with foot injury suffered at Texas ... career-high three sacks against K-State ... also made four tackles for loss ... finished the game with 12 stops ... nine tackles, including one for a loss and a sack against KU ... recorded two tackles for loss of four yards at Texas ... finished the game with seven tackles ... had six tackles, including two for loss, against New Mexico ... also forced two fumbles and logged a sack for a seven-yard loss.
2000: Sophomore defensive end who made many big plays on the season, including a 63-yard fumble return for a touchdown ... named Second Team All-Big 12 by The Sporting News ... had two tackles and a quarterback hurry against ECU ... recorded eight stops, one QB hurry and one pass deflection at No. 1 Oklahoma ... had six tackles, five solo and one for loss, and two QB hurries versus Oklahoma State ... also blocked a field goal that was returned for a touchdown by Lawrence Flugence, the turning point of the contest against OSU ... credited with five solo stops against 20th-ranked Texas ... also had one tackle for loss, forced a fumble, had one QB hurry and two sacks versus the Longhorns ... recorded seven tackles, including one for loss, at Kansas ... recorded 10 tackles at 10th-ranked Kansas State with one pass deflection ... credited with seven tackles, including two for loss, versus top-ranked Nebraska ... added one pass deflection against the Cornhuskers ... had five tackles, including three sacks, versus Baylor ... recorded nine tackles at Texas A&M, two for loss ... made four stops versus Louisiana-Lafayette with two QB hurries ... had three solo tackles against North Texas, including one for loss ... also had a fumble recovery, one sack and one QB hurry versus UNT ... added four stops versus Utah State, two for loss, as well as one pass deflection, one sack and two QB hurries ... made three tackles in season-opener versus New Mexico, and had a 63-yard fumble return for a touchdown ... also had one tackle for loss, one sack and a QB hurry against UNM.
1999: Emerged as one of top young defensive players and big play makers in Big 12 ... named as third-team freshman All-America ... played in 10 games and started one ... finished season with 36 total tackles ... missed Texas game and most of Iowa State game with knee sprain ... second on team with five sacks (-40) ... earned first career start against Colorado ... career-best eight tackles at UL Lafayette ... scooped up a fumble and returned it 53 yards for a touchdown at ASU ... also forced a fumble and recorded four quarterback pressures against ASU.
1998: Redshirt season.
High School: Denison High School in Denison, Texas ... first-team class 4A -state selection as defensive end by TSWA and Associated Press ... first-team all-district 17-4A as defensive end and tight end ... two-way starter as a junior and senior as defensive end and tight end ... credited with 93 solo tackles, 61 assists, 35 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, four blocked punts and one interception as a senior ... also caught 16 passes for 340 yards and five TDs ... All-Texoma Land selection ... lettered and started on three consecutive class state finalists ... team went 47-4 during that time ... senior class vice president ... Who's Who Among Young American Athletes ... High School Coach: Bob Brown.
Personal: Aaron Hunt ... son of Regina Hunt ... born June 19, 1980 in Denison ... brother, Reggie, played football at Texas Christian University ... cousin, Fred Washington, played football for the Chicago Bears of the NFL ... majoring in communications.
2002 Game-by-Game Stats
| Game | UT | AT | TT | TFL | SK | INT | PD |
| Ohio State | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2.0-4 | 1.0-3 | 0-0 | 0 |
| SMU | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.5-1 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1.0-1 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| N.C. State | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.0-4 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2.0-2 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Texas A&M | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Iowa State | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Missouri | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3.0-7 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Baylor | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4.0-20 | 3.0-19 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0-0 | 2.0-10 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Texas | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0-9 | 1.0-9 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.0-0 | 0.0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Clemson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3.0-20 | 2.0-17 | 0-0 | 1 |
Career Stats
| Year | G | UT | AT | TT | TFL | SK | INT | PD |
| 1999 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 0.0-0 | 5.0-40 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 43 | 28 | 71 | 11.0-39 | 8.0-27 | 0-0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 11 | 57 | 28 | 85 | 19.0-63 | 12.0-83 | 0-0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 14 | 57 | 46 | 103 | 17.5-68 | 9.0-58 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Totals | 46 | 178 | 117 | 295 | 46.5-170 | 34.0-208 0-0 | 7 |
