Awards and Honors:
2024 Second Team All-UAC (LB)
Athletics Director's Honor Roll (F24)
2024: A Second Team All-UAC selection… Started all 12 games at linebacker for the Governors… Recorded at least six tackles each game, with at least eight tackles seven times… Led the team in tackles in six games… Had eight tackles, one sack, and a quarterback hurry in the season opener at Louisville (Aug. 31)… Had five solo tackles in an eight-tackle performance at Central Arkansas (Sept. 14)… Had a season-high 12 tackles, including half a sack, against Southern Utah (Sept. 28)… Tallied nine tackles at West Georgia (Oct. 5)… Had a season-high two tackles for loss and recorded a quarterback hurry at Utah Tech (Oct. 19)… Assisted on a tackle for loss in five-straight games, with 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack during a 10-tackle performance against Abilene Christian (Nov. 9)… Picked up seven tackles in each of the final two games of the season, with half a tackle for loss against Eastern Kentucky (Nov. 16) and a quarterback hurry against Chattanooga (Nov. 23)… Ranked 47th in the FCS, fifth in the UAC, and led Austin Peay with 97 total tackles... Ranked second on the team with 39 solo tackles... Also ranked 46th in the FCS, fourth in the UAC, and led the Govs with 8.1 tackles per game... Finished fourth on the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and was tied for second with 2.5 sacks.
Prior to Austin Peay: Began his career at New Mexico (2020-22) before transferring to Cincinnati (2023). 2023: Played in 10 games in his lone season as a Bearcat… Recorded a season-best six tackles and a half tackle for loss in the season opener against Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 2)… Tallied four tackles at Oklahoma State (Oct. 28)… Added a tackle at Houston (Nov. 4)… Finished the season with 11 tackles and half a tackle for loss. 2022: Played in nine games and made five starts as a redshirt sophomore at New Mexico… Tallied five tackles in the season opener at LSU (Sept. 24)… Picked up eight tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a sack at UNLV (Sept. 30)… Added five tackles against Wyoming (Oct. 8)… Had a career-high 13 tackles and a pass breakup against Fresno State (Oct. 22)… Recorded nine tackles and a sack at Utah State (Nov. 5)… Posted 12 tackles and half a tackle for loss at Air Force (Nov. 12)… Totaled eight tackles against San Diego State (Nov. 18)… Finished the season with 69 tackles, three tackles for loss, two sacks, and a pass breakup… Ranked fourth on the team in tackles. 2021: Played in all 12 games and made one start as a redshirt freshman… Opened the season with five tackles and a sack against Houston Christian (Sept. 2)… Posted four tackles at San Diego State (Oct. 9)… Picked up five tackles at Colorado State (Oct. 16)… Had four tackles and a tackle for loss against UNLV (Nov. 6)… Added four tackles at Boise State (Nov. 20)… Recorded a season-best seven tackle against Utah State (Nov. 26)… Finished the season with 38 tackles, two tackles for loss, and a sack. 2020: Played in four games and used a redshirt during his true freshman season… Made his collegiate debut at San Jose State (Oct. 31)… Recorded five tackles at Hawaii (Nov. 7)… Picked up two tackles and half a tackle for loss at Nevada (Nov. 14)… Finished the season with seven tackles and half a tackle for loss.
High School: Played linebacker for head coach Heath Ridenour at Cleveland High School… Named a First Team All-State selection by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association and USA Today following his senior season… Also an All-Metro selection by the Albuquerque Journal as a senior… Helped the Storm go undefeated and win a New Mexico 6A State Championship as a freshman in 2015… Led the Storm back to the State Championship and a runner-up finish as a senior in 2018… Rated a two-star prospect by 247Sports.com and Rivals.
Personal: Dion Dre Hunter is the son of Mike and Diana Hunter… Birthday is Sept. 16… Has three siblings, Ashley, Malik, and Quincy… Graduated from Cincinnati in April 2024 with a bachelor’s in general studies… Pursuing a master’s in leadership with a strategic leadership concentration.
