Gained valuable experience on the scout team last year, earning one of the defensive scout player-of-the-year awards in the process ... Is listed at No. 4 at middle linebacker after spring drills, moving over from one of the outside spots.
2013: Did not play in his redshirt freshman season, but was named SDSU[apos]s Co-Scout Player of the Year.
2012: Utilized his redshirt season on his first year on campus.
High school: Local product out of Mira Mesa High School ... Earned three letters for the Marauders, helping them to a pair of Eastern League titles ... Was a member of the San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic team and winner of the Golden Pyramid Academic Achievement Award ... Also lettered two years in lacrosse ... A scholar-athlete.
Personal: Born Feb. 24, 1993, in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Darryl Hunter, Sr. and Aretha Beard ... Intending to major in psychology with a minor in business.