Hunter Long

#80 · TE · Jr. · Boston College6′5″ · 253 lb · Exeter, NH

Hunter Long: TE · Boston College · #80.

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Hunter Long

TE · Boston College · Jr · #80

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Boston College. All-ACC in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 109 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Virginia — Week 14, 2020.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Boston College in the news

NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
First-ever bowl game to Puerto Rico announcedAtlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Evan Dickens out for seasonSports Illustrated Oct 22
BC earns first win of season247Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2020	Boston College	57	685	12.0	5	36
2019	Boston College	28	509	18.2	2	72
2018	Boston College	4	103	25.8	2	35
Career		89	1,297	14.6	9	72

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 12 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@ No. 23 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@ No. 1 Clemson	3	23	7.7	0	13
Wk 10	W 16-13@ Syracuse	2	23	11.5	0	12
Wk 11	L 31-45vs No. 2 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	12.0	5	36

Signature game

Week 14 · 2020

L 32-43

at Virginia

8 rec · 109 yds · 1 TD

With D. Grosel — 520 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · G. Carlson — 41.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 49 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Virginia · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Dennis Grosel pass complete to Hunter Long for 36 yds for a TD (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 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 · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.56Dennis Grosel pass complete to Hunter Long for 4 yds to the Clem 46 for a
Week 4 · Texas State · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.44Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 5 yds for a TD (Aaron Boumerhi KICK)
Week 11 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.38Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 21 yds to the NDame 32 for a
Week 7 · Virginia Tech · 3rd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.34Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 15 yds to the BC 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Notre Dame · 1st and 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 · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 17 yds to the BC 41 for a
Week 5 · North Carolina · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +2.15Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 31 yds to the NCaro 15 for a
Week 6 · Pittsburgh · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.14Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Hunter Long for 13 yds to the Pitt 47 for a

Teams and coaches

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

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

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles · 2020 season

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 in 2020, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2020 season

Head Coach

Jeff Hafley

Pass share

52.4%

390 pass / 354 run

Plays / game

67.6

11 games

Team sack rate

5.8%

394 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Hunter Long

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Style of play

Fans

Boston College in the news

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Three seasons at Boston College, drafted

2019 11 games

2020 11 games

2021