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
Jarquez Hunter Season 2023
Jarquez Hunter Season 2023
Auburn lands 4 on Freshman All-SEC Team
Cam Coleman, Bradyn Joiner, Demarcus Riddick and Jay Crawford received rookie recognition, giving Auburn an SEC-best four freshmen honorees
Auburn's Hunter, Lambert-Smith voted to Coaches' All-SEC Team
Southeastern Conference coaches voted Hunter to the First Team and KLS to the Second Team following their banner 2024 seasons
Auburn's Hunter, Coleman earn SEC weekly honors
Running back Jarquez Hunter and receiver Cam Coleman received player of the week recognition from the Southeastern Conference for their roles in Auburn's win over Texas A&M
Auburn football notebook: 'A fun night'
A do-or-die drive, a contested 2-point catch, a defense that delivered when it had to, and huge nights for a trio of playmakers combined to help Auburn knock off No. 15 Texas A&M Saturday in four overtimes.
Auburn football notebook: Cam's catch 'like second nature'
Cam Coleman's epic reception, Jarquez Hunter reaches running back royalty, Ian Vachon's transition from roofing to kicking, and a 'remarkable' first in Hugh Freeze's 33-year coaching career
SEC honors Auburn's Hunter, Faulk, Miller
Jarquez Hunter, Keldric Faulk and Izavion Miller earned Southeastern Conference weekly honors for their roles in Auburn's 24-10 win at Kentucky
Auburn football notebook: 'Pound the rock'
On his way to a career-best 278 rushing yards, senior running back Jarquez Hunter broke Bo Jackson's program record for most rushing yards in a half