Hunter Washington
Hunter Washington
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Hunter Washington has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Mississippi State. The receipt: 7 tackles against Arkansas — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 44 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 55 | 26 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 108 | 47 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025
W 38–35
at Arkansas
7 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 PD
Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Mississippi State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Mississippi State
Returning around him
- 2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (27 in / 40 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #24 · 2026 recruiting class #23
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Malachi Jones’s 2024 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to David Carter Jr.'s senior season at Eastern Michigan (2024).
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