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40 Erick Hunter

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Capitol Heights, Md.
  • Highschool Westlake HS

Biography

As a Redshirt Senior (2025): Preseason MEAC Defensive Player of the Year ... Preseason All-MEAC First Team ... Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Second Team ... Phil Steele's Preseason All-MEAC First Team ... Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List ... BOXTOROW HBCU Preseason All-America First Team ... 2026 Shrine Bowl 1000 Watchlist ... Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-American Third Team  ...

As a Senior (2024): FCS Football Central All-Amercan Preseeason First Team ... Stats Perform FCS Buck Buchanan Award Preseason Watch List ... BOXTOROW 2024 HBCU Preseason All-Americans team ... Preseason All-MEAC First Team selection ... Phil Steele FCS Preseason All-American Second Team ...  inaugural HBCU+ FCS National Player of the Year Award Watch List ... Phil Steele Preseason All-MEAC First Team ... MEAC All-Academic Team ... spent the majority of it sidelined by injury, where he only saw action in the final game against Howard, making 7 tackles and a sack ...  he currently ranks No. 9 on Morgan's all-time tackles list with 196 career tackles ... 
 
As a Junior (2023): Preseason All-MEAC Second Team selection ... Hunter was a leading force on one of the nation's best defenses ... he finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the MEAC with 75 tackles and was No. 6 in tackles for loss (9.5) ... he is also added 7 QB hurries, 3.0 sacks (No. 11), two forced fumbles, two interceptions and a pass breakup ... he had at least nine or more tackles in five of Morgan's 10 games this season, including tying a season-high with 11 tackles in the Bears' season-finale at Howard ... was named BOXTOROW National Player of the Week (9/4) after registering 11 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss as the Bears defeated nationally ranked Richmond, his fourth quarter sack-fumble, which was recovered by the Bears, led to the Bears’ go-ahead touchdown ...  two-time MEAC Player of the Week (Sept. 4, Oct. 30) ... BOXTOROW Impact Player of the Year ... FCS Football Central All-American Third Team ... All-MEAC First Team selection ... a Buck Buchanan Award finalist ... 

As a Sophomore (2022): had a solid sophomore campaign as one of the conference's premier linebackers ... saw action in every game (11) ... recorded 77 tackles (52 solo) ... collected 6.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... added five QB hurries, a forced fumble and fumble recovery ... 4 pass breakups ... posted a season-high 10 tackles with four tackles for loss and a sack vs. Delaware State (Nov. 12) ... finished with 6 stops, including a sack and forced fumble vs. Norfolk State (Oct. 8) ... Academic All-MEAC ...

As a Freshman (2021): appeared in nine (9) games … collected eight tackles (6 solo) with 4 tackles for a loss of 15 yards ... added a sack ...

High School: was a 3-sport prep standout at Westlake HS … Two-year captain on football and basketball  team Scored 4 touchdowns in a game in 2018 … Collected 4 sacks and a forced fumble in a game inn 2019 … 400m relay State Champion (2021) … SMAC All-Academic Team (2020) … Scored career-high 31 points as a member of his basketball team … Honor Roll student … All-County and Tri-County Orchestra …

Personal: son of E’Kia Thorne and Tobie Hunter … nickname “E40” … born Feb. 26, 2003 … business administration major ... expected to graduate December 2025 ... was an elementary school mentor and volunteered at Good Samaritan hospital with physical therapy patients … career ambition is to play in the NFL and become a certified public accountant … enjoys making beats, playing piano and playing competitive sports … lists Sean Taylor as his biggest sports influence “because he was fearless, aggressive, but also clever in his schemes – Players who can be smart animals tend to be the most successful” … chose to attend an HBCU and Morgan was his top choice because it was close to home for him … lists winning 1st Place in the Maryland State championship in the 400m Relay as the athletic accomplishment he is most proud of. 

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Freshman

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    6'4" 190 lbs
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    2022Sophomore

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    6'4" 205 lbs
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    2023Junior

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    6'4" 210 lbs
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    2024Senior

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    6'4" 210 lbs
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    2025Redshirt Senior

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    6'4" 220 lbs
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