Justin Hunt

#9 · WR · Marshall6′3″ · Memphis, TN · Whitehaven

Justin Hunt: WR · Marshall · #9.

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Justin Hunt

WR · Marshall · #9

Wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at Marshall since. A game that shows it: 87 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Middle Tennessee — Week 11, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Wins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons.

Fans

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Marshall	23	324	14.1	5	44
2015	Marshall	20	295	14.8	4	35
2014	Marshall	7	119	17.0	0	39
Career		50	738	14.8	9	44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 62-0vs Morgan State	2	57	28.5	1	44
Wk 3	L 38-65vs Akron	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 6	L 21-38@ North Texas	3	45	15.0	0	21
Wk 7	W 27-21vs Florida Atlantic	1	29	29.0	0	29
Wk 8	L 24-27vs Charlotte	3	16	5.3	2	7	2 TD catches
Wk 9	L 14-24@ Southern Miss	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 10	L 14-38@ Old Dominion	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 11	W 42-17vs Middle Tennessee	5	87	17.4	2	28	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 12	L 14-31@ Florida International	4	44	11.0	0	19
Wk 13	L 6-60vs Western Kentucky	2	22	11.0	0	13
Total		23	324	14.1	5	44

Signature game

Week 11 · 2016

W 42-17

vs Middle Tennessee

5 rec · 87 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 25-point win at home against Middle Tennessee.

With C. Litton — 246 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.1 · K. Vedvik — -16 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 25 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 12 · Florida International · 3rd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +2.96Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 19 yds to the Marsh 46 for a
Week 6 · North Texas · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 20 yds to the NoTex 25 for a
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.76Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 28 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 8 · Charlotte · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 5 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)
Week 8 · Charlotte · 1st and 4 · Q1 · EPA +1.69Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 4 yds for a TD, (Amoreto Curraj KICK)

4 more plays

Week 13 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.30Garet Morrell pass complete to Justin Hunt for 9 yds to the WKent 49
Week 11 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.24Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 13 yds to the Marsh 46 for a
Week 13 · Western Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.23Garet Morrell pass complete to Justin Hunt for 13 yds to the Marsh 48 for a
Week 12 · Florida International · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.03Chase Litton pass complete to Justin Hunt for 12 yds to the Marsh 37 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Doc Holliday — 26-13 over that span.

2014Marshall13-1HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2015Marshall10-3HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

2016Marshall3-9HC: Doc Holliday · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (92nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#57 / 674 · 92nd pct

10.8%

Explosive rate#361 / 674 · 47th pct

10.8%

Yards / catch#377 / 674 · 44th pct

11.9

EPA / target#460 / 674 · 32nd pct

0.37

Catch rate#615 / 674 · 9th pct

54.1%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#108 / 524 · 75th pct

Yards / catch#198 / 524 · 62nd pct

14.1

Long catch#310 / 524 · 39th pct

Rec yards#332 / 524 · 37th pct

324

Receptions#352 / 524 · 31st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

87th → 32nd percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 47th percentile

Catch rate

49th → 9th percentile

TD rate

97th → 92nd percentile

Yards / catch

78th → 44th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.3	37.0	17.0	0.8
Road4g	2.2	25.5	9.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.8	35.5	20.9	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	30.3	9.6	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Doc Holliday

Pass share

53.0%

438 pass / 389 run

Plays / game

68.9

12 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

425 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

23 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Justin Hunt

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Awards

23 catches in 10 games

Four seasons at Marshall

2013