Harrison Hunter

Houston

Sep 12 (Fri)

5:30 PM

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
5-10
Weight:
180
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fountain, Colo.
High School:
Fountain-Fort Carson/Ft Lewis

AT COLORADO: 2013 (Jr.)-He played in seven games, two on defense and only on special teams in the others. In 14 snaps from scrimmage, he had two tackles; on special teams duty, he had one tackle, one knockdown block and a first downfield credit for three special team points. He had a terrific spring and was the recipient of the Hale Irwin Award as selected by the coaching staff as the most improved defensive back. In the four main spring scrimmages, he was in on eight tackles (six solo, one for a loss) and had three passes broken up.

2012 (Soph.)-He saw action in the final four games of the season (no starts), including a pair on defense: he was in for three snaps against Washington, and was in for one at Arizona, his first game action from scrimmage and made a solo tackle. He was in all on special teams, racking up four special team points on the strength of two tackles (one inside-the-20) and a first downfield credit that altered the path of the return man. He had a productive spring and had six tackles and two pass deflections in the main scrimmages.

2011 (Soph.-RS)-Redshirted; he joined the team as a walk-on prior to spring practice, enrolling at CU in January after transferring from Fort Lewis College but was ineligible to play due to NCAA transfer rules. He had a very good spring, racking up six tackles (five solo), with two third down stops and a pass deflection in the three main scrimmages.

AT FORT LEWIS (2010, Fr.)-In 10 games for Fort Lewis (Durango, Colo.), he recorded 60 tackles, including a team-high 42 solo, along with other team bests of nine passes broken up and three fumble recoveries (returning one 15 yards); he also caused one fumble. He was named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference’s player-of-the-week in a 14-7 win over Adams State in Alamosa, when he had 10 tackles (four solo) and three pass deflections. He also had 10 tackles (7 solo) and two break-ups in a 30-27 win at Western New Mexico, with five or more tackles in four other games, including seven, all solo, at Montana State. Fort Lewis was 3-7 under coach Cesar Rivas.

HIGH SCHOOL-He lettered one year in football at Fountain-Fort Carson, earned first-team All-Conference honors as a senior when recorded 92 tackles (60 solo) with two interceptions and four passes broken up playing cornerback. He also saw spot duty returning kicks, averaging 20 yards on two kickoff returns. FFCHS was 8-4 his senior year. He lettered three times as a point guard in basketball and was a two-year starter at the position, helping his team to league titles his sophomore and senior seasons.

ACADEMICS-He is majoring in Economics at Colorado. He was a three-time, first-team All-Academic team member for basketball his sophomore through senior years in high school, also earning Academic All-State recognition for football as a senior.

PERSONAL-He was born November 14, 1991 in Colorado Springs. His hobbies include playing chess, as he was a member of the Chess Club in high school, watching movies (he has a large collection and is a big fan of all five Die Hard flicks) and writing poetry. Father (Derek) lettered at wingback and cornerback for the Buffaloes in 1980-81 (and also wore number 29).

			TACKLES
Season	G	Plays	UT	AT	TOT	TFL	Sacks	3DS	Hurr	FR	FF	PBU	INT
2012	2	4	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013	2	14	2	0	2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	4	18	3	0	3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0