Date of birth | May 9, 1980 |
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Place of birth | Detroit, Michigan |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
College | Notre Dame |
NFL draft | 2002 / Round: 6 / Pick 206 |
Career history | |
As player | |
2002–2005 | Baltimore Ravens |
2006 | San Francisco 49ers |
2008 | Team Michigan |
Career stats | |
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Javin Hunter (born May 9, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former American football wide receiver from the University of Notre Dame, Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.
Hunter attended high school at Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, Michigan, where he was a 3-time All-State and USA Today Honorable Mention All-American basketball player while teaming with former Miami Heat player and Duke standout Shane Battier for three straight state basketball championships. In football, he was a first team Parade prep All-American, USA Today second-team All-American, rated 34th best player nationally by The Sporting News and 37th best player by Chicago Sun-Times. Hunter was also rated one of the top 100 players in the country by the Dallas Morning News, PrepStar and Street and Smith magazine. He then attended the University of Notre Dame, where he was the school's leading receiver in 2001. He was also a walk-on member on the Irish basketball team in his freshman year under former NBA coach John Macleod. Hunter's father was James Hunter, a former all-pro defensive back for the Detroit Lions from 1976-1982.