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Jarquez Hunter Season 2024

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Jarquez Hunter Season 2024

PositionRB
Weight209 lbs
Height5-10
ClassSenior
HometownPhiladelphia, Miss.

2023: Returning starter at tailback … 2,172 career rushing yards (18th at Auburn); 17 career rushing TD … did not dress for UMass game … leading rusher with 53 yards at Cal … 37 yards gained vs. Samford with a 1-yard TD … 53 yards rushing at Texas A&M … 59 yards rushing vs. Georgia with a 5-yard TD run ... 2-yard TD run at LSU … 91 yards rushing with TDs of 53 and 1 yards vs. Ole Miss … 144 yards rushing on 17 carries vs. Mississippi State … career-best 183 yards rushing at Vanderbilt with TD runs of 67 and 56 yards … 109 yards at Arkansas … 93 yards rushing against Alabama with a long gain of 42 … all-SEC (SEC coaches 2nd tm; Phil Steele, CFN 3rd tm) ... SEC academic honor roll

2022: Tailback who rushed for 675 yards, 7 TD this season … 1,269 career rushing yards, 10 career rush TD … ranks 41st  among Auburn career rushers … rushed for 3 TD against Mercer … 41 yards rushing, TD against San Jose’ State … 16 yards rushing, 3 catches for 37 yards against Penn State with a 22-yard TD catch from Robby Ashford … 13 yds on 7 carries against Missouri … 150 all-purpose yards (35 rush, 70 rec, 45 KOR) vs. LSU … 62-yard TD reception from Ashford at Georgia … 80 yards rushing at Ole Miss with a 48-yard long gain … TD rush vs. Arkansas … 8-yard TD run at Mississippi State to give Tigers 33-30 lead with 1:05 in regulation … 121 rush yards vs. Texas A&M … 109 rush yards, TD against Western Kentucky; also threw a 20-yard TD pass to Koy Moore … 134 yards rushing on 11 carries at Alabama … game captain: Ole Miss … coaches’ offensive player of week: San Jose’ State … coaches’ special teams player of week: Mercer … team offensive back and iron man of the year ... SEC academic honor roll

2021: True freshman tailback … SEC all-freshman team … 597 yards for the season, 9th among all-time Auburn freshman rushers … rushed for 110 yards on 9 carries against Akron, including a 9-yard touchdown … first freshman to rush for 100+ yards in the season opener since Onterrio McCalebb (2009) … 147 yards rushing on 8 carries vs. Alabama State, including a 94-yard TD run, the longest rushing play in Auburn history, and 7th-longest nationally this season … 63 yards on 9 carries at Penn State … 60 yards on 10 carries with 2 catches vs. Georgia State … 65 yards with game-winning TD at LSU … first receiving TD came against Ole Miss … 18 yards rushing and three kick returns for 65 yards at South Carolina … SEC freshman of week (LSU) … offensive player of week (Alabama State) ... AD Honor Roll and SEC first-year academic honor roll

High School: Top-tier running back who was Mississippi Mr. Football … 1,687 yards rushing with 22 touchdown runs and 2,069 all-purpose yards as a senior for Coach Patrick Schoolar and the Neshoba Central Rockets … Class 5A state MVP … his 93 career TD broke a school record set by Marcus Dupree … Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game … Meridian Star Premier Preps player of year … Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen … rated among the top 12 overall prospects in the state by 24/7, Rivals and ESPN … also a basketball and track letterman .. honor roll student

Personal: Birthday is December 29 … son of Kenyatta Ragsdale and Kenshay Hunter … has seven siblings: Darrian, Bella, Eli, Chris, Jordan, Michael and Shay … May, 2024, graduate of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment ... doing graduate study in the College of Liberal Arts