Player Dossier

2018-2020

Boston College

Hunter Long

TE • 6'5" • 253 lbs • Exeter, NH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Hunter Long reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Hunter Long built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a tight end from Exeter, NH wearing No. 80, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Hunter Long's career was his receiving role: 89...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8211

Deerfield Academy · Exeter, NH

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 18
Overall
No. 81
NFL Team
Miami Dolphins

Hunter Long, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boston College. Hunter Long reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,297
Receptions
89
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Hunter Long quick answers

Latest team and position
Boston College · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,297
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Boston College
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Deerfield Academy · Boston College
High school pipeline
Deerfield Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 3 · Pick 18 · Miami Dolphins
Latest roster
No. 80 · Junior
2020 Receiving yards rank
685 receiving yards · TE 2nd (top 1%) · ACC 10th (top 5%) · National 46th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonBoston College44103254.3
2019 PostseasonBoston College11245078
2019 Regular SeasonBoston College1126464278
2020 Regular SeasonBoston College1157685581.6

Related Context

Hunter Long played TE for Boston College. Across 3 tracked seasons, Hunter Long recorded 1,297 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Boston College.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Boston College paired 685 primary output with 78.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 88.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Boston College

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

46.3

Efficiency

88.2

Usage

24.5

Consistency

68

Best Game by takeover score

NC State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 45. Virginia Tech: 53. Kansas: 48. Rutgers: 38. Wake Forest: 39. Louisville: 99. NC State: 84. Clemson: 39. Syracuse: 11. Notre Dame: 17. Pittsburgh: 36

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 2 by 100. Virginia Tech: 4 by 88.3. Kansas: 2 by 100. Rutgers: 3 by 84.4. Wake Forest: 3 by 86.7. Louisville: 3 by 100. NC State: 3 by 100. Clemson: 2 by 100. Syracuse: 1 by 73.3. Notre Dame: 3 by 37.8. Pittsburgh: 2 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins44.4 · Games = 5 · -3.4 vs Losses
Losses47.8 · Games = 6 · +3.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

NC State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Cincinnati

Result
Thu 1/2@ CincinnatiL 6-3824522.522.50040
Sat 11/30@ PittsburghW 26-192361818125
Sat 11/23@ Notre DameL 7-403175.75.7007
Sat 11/2@ SyracuseW 58-27111111109
Sat 10/26@ ClemsonL 7-5923919.519.50030
Sat 10/19vs NC StateW 45-243842828051
Sat 10/5@ LouisvilleL 39-413993333172
Sat 9/28vs Wake ForestL 24-273391313015
Sat 9/21@ RutgersW 30-1633812.712.70015
Fri 9/13vs KansasL 24-482482424042
Sat 8/31vs Virginia TechW 35-2845313.313.30025

Player Story

Hunter Long story

Hunter Long built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a tight end from Exeter, NH wearing No. 80, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Hunter Long's career was his receiving role: 89 catches, 1,297 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Hunter Long's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Boston College

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonBoston College1031005.8
2019 PostseasonBoston College50988.224.5406
2019 Regular SeasonBoston College50988.224.50
2020 Regular SeasonBoston College68578.623.6176

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Pittsburgh

Week 6 · W 31-30 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

93

Receiving Yards

95.1 takeover

93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 8 · W 45-24 · Conference game

84

Receiving Yards

94.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

84 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Virginia

Week 14 · L 32-43 · Conference game

109

Receiving Yards

91.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 90.8 efficiency score.

#4

@ Duke

Week 3 · W 26-6 · Conference game

93

Receiving Yards

91.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

93 receiving yards with a 88.6 efficiency score.

#5

@ Louisville

Week 6 · L 39-41 · Conference game

99

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

99 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Boston College

685 primary output · 78.6 efficiency · 23.6 usage

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#2

2019 Postseason · Boston College

78

509 primary · 88.2 efficiency · 24.5 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Boston College

78

509 primary · 88.2 efficiency · 24.5 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games