#80

Hunter Long

Former tight end at Boston College. 2020: 57 catches, 685 receiving yards, 5 TD.

TE · Boston College · Jr. · #80

6′5″ · 253 lb · Exeter, NH

All-Conf 1st teamMiami — drafted 2021, Rd 3, Pick 18, #81 overall

The story

Former tight end at Boston College. 2020: 57 catches, 685 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Drafted round 3 by the Miami in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Boston College, 1,297 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #81 overall by Miami.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 109 yds at Virginia.Virginia · L 32-432020

202011 games

All-ACCfirst

2021

Drafted by Miamiround 3, pick 81

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Boston College

2018–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #81

Miami · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2020

2 coaches

2018–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MiamiEntering 6th NFL season

#81Rd 3 · Pick 18

MiamiEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Boston College7-5HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2019Boston College6-7HC: Steve Addazio · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (99th percentile). Strength: rec yards (98th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#1 / 94 · 99th pct

Rec yards#2 / 94 · 98th pct

685

Rec TDs#13 / 94 · 84th pct

Long catch#41 / 94 · 55th pct

Yards / catch#47 / 94 · 49th pct

12.0

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.5	64.0	11.8	0.3
Road5g	4.8	60.2	11.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	7.0	83.2	12.4	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	44.8	11.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Boston College	57	685	12.0	5	--
2019	Boston College	28	509	18.2	2	--
2018	Boston College	4	103	25.8	2	--
Career		89	1,297	14.6	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2020

W 34–27

vs Louisville

2 rec · 16 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With T. Levy — 23 rush yds (12 car) · P. Jurkovec — 203 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 20 rush yds (5 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Dennis Grosel pass complete to Hunter Long for 36 yds for a TD (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.62Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 20 yds for a TD VIRGINIA TECH Penalty, offside defense (2 Yards) to the VTech 1 (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 9 · Clemson · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Dennis Grosel pass complete to Hunter Long for 4 yds to the Clem 46 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Texas State · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 5 yds for a TD (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 11 · Notre Dame · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 21 yds to the NDame 32 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 15 yds to the BC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Notre Dame · 1&8 · Q4 · EPA +2.32Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 8 yds for a TD NOTRE DAME Penalty, Defensive Offside (Adetokunbo Ogundeji) to the NDame 1 (T. Levy Run For Two-point Conversion)
Week 11 · Notre Dame · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 17 yds to the BC 41 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · North Carolina · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.15Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 31 yds to the NCaro 15 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.14Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 13 yds to the Pitt 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 3	W 26-6@ Duke	7	93	13.3	1	36
Wk 4	W 24-21vs Texas State	9	81	9.0	1	17
Wk 5	L 22-26vs North Carolina	9	96	10.7	0	31
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Pittsburgh	6	93	15.5	0	26
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Virginia Tech	4	53	13.3	1	20
Wk 8	W 48-27vs Georgia Tech	3	39	13.0	0	17
Wk 9	L 28-34@ Clemson	3	23	7.7	0	13
Wk 10	W 16-13@ Syracuse	2	23	11.5	0	12
Wk 11	L 31-45vs Notre Dame	4	59	14.8	1	21
Wk 13	W 34-27vs Louisville	2	16	8.0	0	9
Wk 14	L 32-43@ Virginia	8	109	13.6	1	36	Season-high 109 yds
Total		57	685	11.9	5	36

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology