Player Dossier

2022-2025

San Diego State

Josh Hunter

S • 5'9" • 175 lbs • Temecula, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Josh Hunter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington State

Player Story

Josh Hunter built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Temecula, CA wearing No. 29, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Josh Hunter's career was his defensive production: 77...

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Josh Hunter, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · San Diego State. Josh Hunter shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
77
TFL
4
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Josh Hunter quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · S
Career Tackles
77
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · San Diego State
Top game
Washington State
High school pipeline
Edison · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
11 tackles · S 325th (top 58%) · Mountain West 232nd (top 44%) · National 2,829th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State11-0--036.4
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State93910-2030.1
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State112630.511041.1
2025 PostseasonSan Diego State57-0--040.5
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State54-0--040.5

Related Context

Josh Hunter played S for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Josh Hunter recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

San Diego State paired 5.5 primary output with 14.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 9.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · San Diego State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

9.2

Usage

1.5

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 0. Stony Brook: 0. Colorado State: 0. Nevada: 0. Fresno State: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 7 by 29.2. Stony Brook: 1 by 4.2. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 1 by 4.2. Fresno State: 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 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs North Texas

Result
Sat 12/27vs North TexasL 47-4974000
Sat 10/25@ Fresno StateW 23-010000
Sun 10/12@ NevadaW 44-1010000
Sat 10/4vs Colorado StateW 45-2411000
Fri 8/29vs Stony BrookW 42-010000

Player Story

Josh Hunter story

Josh Hunter built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Temecula, CA wearing No. 29, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Josh Hunter's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Hunter's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSan Diego State04.20.6
2023 Regular SeasonSan Diego State3204.63
2024 Regular SeasonSan Diego State5.514.94.12.5
2025 PostseasonSan Diego State09.21.5-5.5
2025 Regular SeasonSan Diego State09.21.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Washington State

Week 9 · L 26-29

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Utah State

Week 10 · L 24-32 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Colorado State

Week 11 · L 19-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

vs Oregon State

Week 2 · L 0-21

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Havoc Plays

51.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Boise State

Week 10 · L 24-56 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

33.9 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · San Diego State

5.5 primary output · 14.9 efficiency · 4.1 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · San Diego State

40.5

0 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 1.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · San Diego State

40.5

0 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games