Dae Dae Hunter: RB · Liberty.
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Dae Dae Hunter
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. On tape: 213 rushing yards and 31 receiving yards against BYU, Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
29.0% of carries overall (126/435) → 23.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (19/80) — 68.4% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
10 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (90.9%). 7 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (23.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-27@ Southern Miss | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs UAB | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 1 | 20 | |
| Wk 3 | L 36-37@ No. 19 Wake Forest | 17 | 89 | 5.2 | 1 | 43 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-12vs Akron | 18 | 118 | 6.6 | 1 | 31 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-24@ Old Dominion | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 2 | 32 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-24@ Massachusetts | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Gardner-Webb | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 1 | 46 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs BYU | 23 | 213 | 9.3 | 1 | 80 | Season-high 213 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 21-19@ Arkansas | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 129 | 850 | 6.6 | 8 | 80 |
Week 8 · 2022
W 41-14
vs BYU
213 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 31 yds
Dominant 27-point win at home against BYU.
With J. Bennett — 247 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.2 · 46 rush yds (8 car) · N. Brown — 11 points · 37 long · 100 percent on field goals
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
51%126 carriesFumble rate
1.6%2 of 129 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.6 yds/carry on 129 carries · 21% explosive (10+ yds) · 51% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 118 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 75.8 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 86.9 | 6.4 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 121 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
44.9%
394 pass / 484 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
More touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Hawai'i and Liberty, 1,684 rushing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Todd Graham and Hugh Freeze.
