Player Dossier

2014-2018

Northern Illinois

Tifonte Hunt

CB • 5'9" • 183 lbs • Harvey, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tifonte Hunt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

20

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

37

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

Tifonte Hunt built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a cornerback from Harvey, IL wearing No. 30, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tifonte Hunt's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7593

Thornton Township · Harvey, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Tifonte Hunt, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Tifonte Hunt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
30
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Tifonte Hunt quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · CB
Career Tackles
30
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Ball State
Recruit profile
2-star · Thornton Township · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Thornton Township · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
28 tackles · CB 130th (top 34%) · Mid-American 144th (top 27%) · National 1,512th (top 26%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois12-0--040.8
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois10280.50-1034.5

Related Context

Tifonte Hunt played CB for Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tifonte Hunt recorded 6 rushing yards and 30 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

13.2

Usage

2.2

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Utah: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Florida State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0.5. Ball State: 1. Ohio: 0. BYU: 0. Akron: 0. Miami (OH): 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Utah: 1 by 4.2. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 30. Ball State: 5 by 30.8. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Ball State

Result
Thu 11/15vs Miami (OH)L 7-1311000
Thu 11/1@ AkronW 36-2611000
Sat 10/27@ BYUW 7-622000
Sat 10/13vs OhioW 24-2132000
Sat 10/6@ Ball StateW 24-1651001
Sat 9/29@ Eastern MichiganW 26-23630.5000
Sat 9/22@ Florida StateL 19-3732000
Sat 9/15vs Central MichiganW 24-1633000
Sat 9/8vs UtahL 6-1711000
Sat 9/1@ IowaL 7-3333000

Player Story

Tifonte Hunt story

Tifonte Hunt built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a cornerback from Harvey, IL wearing No. 30, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tifonte Hunt's career was his defensive production: 30 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 6 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tifonte Hunt's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2015 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois08.31.70
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1.513.22.21.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ball State

Week 6 · W 24-16 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 5 · W 26-23 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

44.2 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 7 · W 24-21 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Central Michigan

Week 3 · W 24-16 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

9.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Iowa

Week 1 · L 7-33

0

Havoc Plays

9.7 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.7 usage

40.8

#2

2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

34.5

1.5 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games