35 Facts About Justin Hunter

Justin Scott Parker Hunter was born on May 20,1991 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League.

Justin Hunter spent three seasons with the Titans before being released prior to the 2016 season.

Justin Hunter then spent the next two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Justin Hunter is a world-class long jumper, and represented the United States at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships.

Justin Hunter attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach where he played football and basketball and ran track for the Ocean Lakes Dolphins.

Justin Hunter was ranked as the eighth best wide receiver recruit and 75th best overall prospect in his class by Rivals.

Justin Hunter won Virginia state titles in long jump and high jump and settled for second place in the triple jump.

Justin Hunter enrolled in the University of Tennessee, where he played for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 2010 to 2012 and competed for one season on Tennessee's track and field team.

Justin Hunter's first touchdown reception was a 35-yard reception that came on a fourth-down play against Florida.

Justin Hunter was named to the Coaches' All-SEC Freshman Team.

Justin Hunter started the first three games of his sophomore season in 2011 before tearing his ACL on his first catch in the game against Florida, which caused him to miss the rest of the season.

Justin Hunter caught 6 passes for 146 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown, against Montana in the first game of the season.

Justin Hunter started all 12 games in the 2012 season, and caught 73 passes for 1,083 yards and nine touchdowns.

Justin Hunter was third in the SEC in both total receiving yards and receiving yards per game.

Justin Hunter received an invitation to the NFL Combine and completed all the required drills except for the three-cone and bench press due to a shoulder and calf injury.

Justin Hunter was ranked as the second best wide receiver prospect available in the draft by NFLDraftScout.

Justin Hunter was the fourth wide receiver selected in the 2013 NFL draft.

Justin Hunter entered the regular season as the Tennessee Titan's fourth wide receiver on their depth chart, behind veterans Kenny Britt, Nate Washington, and Kendall Wright.

Justin Hunter caught his second career pass for a 16-yard touchdown against the New York Jets the following week.

Justin Hunter entered training camp in 2014 competing with Marc Mariani and Dexter McCluster to be the Tennessee Titan's third wide receiver on their depth chart.

On October 5,2014, Justin Hunter made his first career start and caught three passes for a season-high 99 receiving yards and scored his first touchdown of the year on a 75-yard pass from Charlie Whitehurst.

Justin Hunter was hit by Texan's safety Danieal Manning and the pass was intercepted by Johnathan Joseph.

Justin Hunter lost the job to veteran Harry Douglas and was named the third wide receiver on the depth chart ahead of Hakeem Nicks, Jacoby Ford, and rookie Dorial Green-Beckham.

On Monday, November 16,2015, Justin Hunter was added to the season-ending injury reserve list after having surgery the day before to repair a fractured ankle suffered previous game against the Panthers.

Justin Hunter was released by the team on September 28,2016.

Justin Hunter was claimed off waivers by the Buffalo Bills after Sammy Watkins was placed on injured reserve on September 30,2016.

Justin Hunter made his Buffalo Bills debut on October 9,2016, against the Los Angeles Rams and caught a four-yard touchdown pass from Tyrod Taylor.

Justin Hunter finished his only season with the Buffalo Bills with a total of ten receptions, 189 receiving yards, and four touchdown receptions in 12 games and five starts.

Justin Hunter entered Steelers training camp competing for a backup wide receiver position against Sammie Coates, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Cobi Hamilton, Demarcus Ayers, Eli Rogers, and Darrius Heyward-Bey.

Justin Hunter was named the sixth wide receiver to begin the regular season, behind Antonio Brown, Martavis Bryant, Heyward-Bey, Smith-Schuster, and Rogers.

Justin Hunter was a healthy scratch for the first three regular season games.

Justin Hunter played in five games, recording three catches for 21 yards before suffering a shoulder injury in Week 13.

Justin Hunter was placed on injured reserve on December 4,2018.

On July 20,2015, Justin Hunter turned himself in to the Virginia Beach police department following a large bar fight which occurred on July 3 in Virginia Beach.

Justin Hunter was later found not guilty of misdemeanor assault and battery on September 15,2015.