Justin Hunter
Hunter with the Tennessee Titans in 2014
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| No. 17 Buffalo Bills | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 20, 1991 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Virginia Beach, Virginia | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Virginia Beach (VA) Ocean Lakes | ||||||||
| College: | Tennessee | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||
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| Receptions: | 78 |
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| Receiving yards: | 1,305 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 12 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Justin Scott Hunter (born May 20, 1991) is an American football wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee. Hunter was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Miami Dolphins.
Hunter is also a world-class long jumper, and represented the United States at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships.
Hunter was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach where he played football and basketball and ran track for the Ocean Lakes Dolphins. As a junior in 2008, he caught 34 passes for 545 yards and 13 touchdowns. As a senior in 2009, he caught 46 passes for 714 yards and 9 touchdowns. He was ranked as the eighth best wide receiver recruit and 75th best overall prospect in his class by Rivals.com.
As a track and field athlete, Hunter was an accomplished jumper. He was ranked by Track & Field News as the third best long jumper, seventh best high jumper and fourteenth best triple jumper. He won Virginia state titles in long jump and high jump and settled for second place in the triple jump. His best long jump, 25'10¾", qualified him for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics.
Hunter enrolled in the University of Tennessee, where he played for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 2010 to 2012 and competed for one season on Tennessee's track and field team. As a true freshman in 2010, Hunter started two of 13 games and had 16 receptions for 415 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging a team-leading 25.9 yards per catch. His first touchdown reception was a 35-yarder that came on a fourth-down play against Florida. Coming off the bench against Georgia, he caught 4 passes for 110 yards. In his second career start against Ole Miss, he caught 3 passes for 114 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown. He was named to the Coaches' All-SEC Freshman Team.
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