Brady Hunt
- position TE
- height 6-5
- weight 253
- class Redshirt Junior
- Hometown Muncie, Ind.
- High school Delta
- Previous School Ball State
- position TE
- height 6-5
- weight 253
- class Redshirt Junior
- Hometown Muncie, Ind.
- High school Delta
- Previous School Ball State
Brady Hunt Bio
* 2022 Freshman All-America (FWAA)
* 2022 First-Team All-MAC
Fourth-year tight end who transferred to South Carolina in January after spending three seasons at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind… earned All-MAC and Freshman All-America honors in 2022 as a redshirt freshman… coming off a 2023 campaign in which he was sidelined with an ankle injury for the entire season… figures to play a key role at the tight end position in his first year in Columbia… began his career as a quarterback.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Missed the entire season with an ankle injury… was on the leadership council.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Ranked third on the team with 46 receptions for 498 yards and five touchdown … his five TDs tied for the 12th-most among all tight ends in college football during the regular season… posted 34 catches for 401 yards and four scores in Mid-American Conference play… hauled in multiple catches in 11 of 12 games, including six games of at least four grabs… posted season highs of nine catches and 90 yards against Ohio… totaled 21 receptions for 229 yards over the final four games… first Cardinals tight end and fifth Cardinal overall to be named Freshman All-America by the FWAA… first Ball State tight end to be named first team All-MAC since 2013.
2021 (Freshman)
Made the transition from quarterback to tight end… appeared in two games… first career action as a Cardinal came vs. Buffalo… also appeared in the bowl game vs. Georgia State… took a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Delta High School in Muncie, Ind. in 2021, where he was a four-year letterwinner as a quarterback for head coach Chris Overholt… was a three-time team captain… earned first-team all-conference as a junior and senior… named the team MVP as a junior and senior… finished his career with 3,774 yards and 47 touchdowns through the air plus 958 yards and 17 touchdowns on the ground… logged 27 wins in his career… was a four-time academic all-conference selection and named academic all-state as a senior… National Honor Society member… was a four-year letterwinner, a three-time all-conference pick, three-time sectional champion and all-state honorable mention on the hardwood… also played golf.
PERSONAL
Braden J. Hunt was born Aug. 30, 2002… working on a Master’s degree in sport and entertainment management after earning a bachelor’s degree in finance from Ball State in 2024.
