Eastern Michigan Athletics
2005 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Josh Hunt
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Jackson, Mich.
- High School:
- Lumen Christi (Colorado)
PERSONAL: Full name: Joshua Paul Hunt...Son of Tim and Patty Hunt...Born 4-24-85...Communications major...EMU: Transferred from the University of Colorado in 2004 and sat out his transfer year...Awarded a fourth year of eligibility...Has earned three letters and played in 34 games, starting 29 times...Has accumulated 120 career tackles to go along with 22 tackles-for-loss of 46 yards and 3.5 sacks for 14 yards...Has two career interceptions and four fumble recoveries...2007: Played in 11 games, starting nine times...Missed one game and two starts with an elbow injury...Recorded 30 tackles on the year, including 6.5 tackles-for-loss of 10 yards...Also had 3.5 sacks for 14 yards...Turned in two interceptions, one at Vanderbilt (Sept. 29) and one at Central Michigan (Nov. 16)...Also had four fumble recoveries and one forced fumble...Won three single-game coaches’ awards, including two Winning Performance mentions for the Northern Illinois (Sept. 15) and Vanderbilt (Sept. 29) games, and a Defensive Big Playmaker award for the Central Michigan contest...2006: Earned his second letter after playing in all 12 games, starting 10 times...Finished eighth on the team in tackles with 53 and was second on the squad in tackles-for-loss with 10-for-24 yards...Recorded 3.5 sacks for 14 yards and had one fumble recovery...Earned the team’s Eagle Talons Award for the season...Chosen by the coaching staff for single-game awards eight times during the year...Named Defensive Player of the Game for the Ball State (Aug. 31), Michigan State (Sept. 9) and Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 30) games...Named Defensive Big Playmaker three times, for the Louisiana Lafayette, Bowling Green (Oct. 14) and Ohio (Nov. 4) games...Selected for Championship Performances against Northwestern (Sept. 16) and Bowling Green...2005: Earned his first letter after playing in all 11 games and starting the final 10 in a row...Accounted for 37 tackles on the year, and added 5.5 tackles-for-loss of 12 yards...2004: Practiced with the team while sitting out his one year of residency as a transfer from the University of Colorado...Singled out as one of the top Practice Players four times, for the Eastern Illinois (Sept. 25), Idaho (Oct. 2), Western Michigan (Oct. 16) and Kent State (Nov. 13) practices leading up to the games...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Jackson Lumen Christi H.S. where he played football for head coach Herb Brogan...Starter on the defensive line since the middle of his sophomore season...Senior Year: Named All-Area Dream Team by The Jackson Citizen Patriot and the Detroit Free Press...Selected No. 8 on Mick McCabe’s Fab 50 list of top recruits in the Detroit Free Press...Recorded 89 total tackles with 55 solos and 34 assists...Added 10.5 sacks...As a tight end he caught 19 passes for 244 yards...Named to the Detroit News’ Dream Team...Helped lead Lumen Christi to the championship final game in Division 5...Selected No. 16 on The Detroit News Blue Chip list of top players in the state....Named All-Conference in both football and basketball.
