5′9″ · 183 lb · Harvey, IL · Thornton Township
Tifonte Hunt: CB · Northern Illinois · #30.
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Tifonte Hunt
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at Northern Illinois. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Eastern Michigan — Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 28 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 30 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-33@ Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-17vs Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-16vs Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-37@ Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-23@ Eastern Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 24-16@ Ball State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Ohio | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 7-6@ BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 36-26@ Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-13vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2018
W 26-23
0.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
28tackles this season28 tackles · 0.5 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Rod Carey — 13-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
40.4%
375 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northern Illinois, 30 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rod Carey.
