Aaron Hunt Class: Senior Hometown: Oak Ridge, TN High School: Oak Ridge Height / Weight: 5-11 / 210 Position: PK Experience: 3VL

Aaron Hunt Fact: Needs 65 points to become Clemson’s all-time leading scorer
Fall 2003 Depth Chart Position: Starting placekicker
Years Lettered: 2000-02
Bowl Participation: 2001 Gator Bowl against Virginia Tech, the 2001 Humanitarian Bowl against Louisiana Tech, and the 2002 Tangerine Bowl against Texas Tech.

Overview: Semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award in 2002, he should be a strong candidate for that award again as a senior...has 34 career starts entering 2003, more than any other active Tiger...that includes a starting assignment in each of the last three bowl games, the only Tiger who can make that claim...has missed playing in just one game in his career, the 2002 N.C. State game when Clemson did not attempt a field goal or extra point...has scored in all 36 games he has played in his Clemson career...honorable mention All-American by College Football News in 2002...Honorable Mention All-ACC in 2002...ranked as the 15th-best placekicker in the nation by The Sporting News entering the 2003 season...has scored at least 74 points each of his first three years and currently ranks fifth in school history in total points (237)...appears destined to break Nelson Welch’s all-time Clemson mark of 301, so he needs just 65 to break the Clemson and ACC kick scoring record...Clemson’s career leader in extra points (126)...missed just one extra point in 2002 (the Ball State game at home)...has made 25 straight PATs entering 2003...second-straight year he has missed just one; he had a miss at South Carolina in final regular-season game of 2001...has made 37-50 field goals over his career, 74 percent...over the last two years, he has kicked the ball 117 times and it has gone through the uprights 108 times...has missed just two extra points and seven field goals during that time...kicked the game-winning field goal with just eight seconds left in the 34-31 win over Duke in 2002; it was the second time in his career he kicked a field goal with under 10 seconds left to win a game...also did it against South Carolina as a freshman when he kicked a 25-yarder with three seconds left to give Clemson a 16-14 victory...owns three of the top-seven extra-point seasons in Clemson history, including a record 45 made PATs in 2000...fifth in Clemson history in career field goals with 37...is 3-5 on field goals and 10-10 on extra points in bowl games in his career...fourth in Clemson history in career kick scoring points, he trails just Nelson Welch (1991-94), Obed Ariri (1977-80), and Chris Gardocki (1988-90)...has made a field goal in 24 of his 36 career games.

In 2002: Second in the ACC and 18th in the nation in field goals per game, he was fourth in the ACC in scoring with 7.3 points per game...had a very strong junior year, as he made 17-22 field goals and 37-38 extra points...that was after a season opener in which he was 0-2, so he made 17 of his last 20 attempts...made 12 in a row from September 21 through his second attempt of the South Carolina game...missed a 47-yarder against the Gamecocks that ended the streak, second longest in Clemson history (record is 14 in a row by Obed Ariri in 1980)...had two games (Louisiana Tech and Maryland) in which he made four field goals, the only ACC kicker to make four field goals in a game all year...named ACC Specialist-of-the-Week for his four field goals against Maryland; he scored all 12 of Clemson’s points in that game...consistent kicker, especially inside 40 yards; he was 15-17 inside 40 yards as a junior and is 20-24 inside 40 yards the last two years...his 88 points in 2002 were a career high...his four field goals against Louisiana Tech were for a combined 144 yards, the seventh-highest figure in Clemson history...his 88 points scored are seventh in Clemson history in kick scoring points, one better than Obed Ariri’s All-America season of 1980.

In 2001: Named the Clemson Special Teams Player-of-the-Year in a vote by the Clemson coaches...a model of consistency, as he kicked the ball 57 times and he was successful on 54 of the kicks...converted 10-12 field goals and 44-45 extra points...the only extra point miss was at South Carolina; it was a 35-yard attempt after a penalty was called on the Tigers on a touchdown play...that broke his streak of 44 consecutive made extra points...came back with a 7-7 PAT performance in the victory over Duke and was 7-7 against Louisiana Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl...he ranked third in the ACC in field-goal percentage, fourth in PAT percentage, fourth in extra points made, sixth in kick scoring, and 10th in overall scoring...much improved in his field-goal kicking...his only miss in the last seven games of 2001 was a 35-yarder against Florida State...had five field goals of 40 yards or more; he did not make any from 40 yards or more in 2000...had a long field goal of 48 yards against North Carolina in 2001, the longest made field goal by a Tiger since 1997 when David Richardson booted a 52-yard field goal...had two field goals against both Florida State and Maryland...only other miss of the season was a 31-yarder against Virginia...was 7-7 on extra points in the win over N.C. State, one of three games he was 3-3...had an outstanding spring, including a 52-yard field goal in the Spring Game...member of LifeLine, the team’s leadership organization.

In 2000: Will always be remembered by Clemson fans for his 25-yard field goal to beat rival South Carolina with just three seconds left...that field goal was the latest winning score by a Tiger in 13 years, dating to a David Treadwell field goal with two seconds left to beat Georgia in 1987...named Clemson’s ABC/Chevrolet Player-of-the-Game for his performance against the Gamecocks; he booted three field goals in that contest, his season-high figure...also named ACC Specialist-of-the-Week for his performance in that game...named ACC Player-of-the-Week by collegefootballnews.com for that South Carolina game...given a game ball by ESPN.com for that game and recipient of Army ROTC Special Teams Take No Prisoners Award for that game...connected on field goals of 22, 31, and 25 in that game...came back with two more field goals in the Gator Bowl against Virginia Tech, giving him five field goals in the last two games of the season, half of his season total...made 8-9 field goals from inside 30 yards...consistent on extra points, as he was 45-47...broke Obed Ariri’s single-season record for extra points with 45...broke the Clemson record for points scored by a first-year freshman, as he had 75...the previous record was 58 by Chris Gardocki, now an All-Pro punter in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns...was third on Clemson’s highest-scoring team in history with the 75 points...finished ninth in the conference in points per game with a 6.1 average...tied for fifth in the ACC in field goals per game...continued improvement in the spring, as he was 3-3 on field goals in the March 10 scrimmage, 3-4 in the March 31 scrimmage, and 1-2 in the 2001 Spring Game...the field goal he made in the Spring Game was from 49 yards...was perfect on PATs in the spring scrimmages as well.

In High School: All-state kicker in Tennessee who made a school-record 52-yarder in 1999...also an all-region 2-AAAAA and All-East Tennessee selection...selected for the Tennessee team against the Kentucky team in an all-star competition...named kicker-of the-year in the region...chosen to the Tennessee All-Star team that played in Australia...attended several Ray Guy kicking camps...named the most outstanding special teams player at Oak Ridge High, where he played for Bruce Lussier...made 10-16 field goals as a senior, the exact same stats he had his freshman season as a Tiger...also converted 41-45 extra points as a senior in high school...was very strong when it came to kickoffs, as only 15 of his 71 kickoffs were returned in his senior season...a big reason his Oak Ridge High School team finished with a 12-1 record his senior season...team won the Region 2-AAAAA championship and reached the quarterfinals of the state playoffs...an outstanding student who was in Who’s Who Among American High School Students...a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes...born Aaron M. Hunt on 10-31-81, the day Clemson defeated Wake Forest 82-24 during its run to the national championshiop...majoring in marketing.

Hunt 2000 Game-By-Game Stats

Date	Opponent	FG-A	Distances	PAT	Points
9-2	THE CITADEL	1-1	22	3-3	6
9-9	MISSOURI	0-0		8-9	8
9-16	WAKE FOREST	1-2	30, 36	7-7	10
9-23	at Virginia	1-2	19, 34	4-4	7
9-30	at Duke	1-1	22	5-5	8
10-7	N.C. STATE	0-1	35	4-5	4
10-14	MARYLAND	0-0		1-1	1
10-21	at North Carolina	1-1	22	5-5	8
10-28	GEORGIA TECH	0-2	39, 29	4-4	4
11-4	at Florida State	0-0		1-1	1
11-18	SOUTH CAROLINA	3-3	22, 31, 25	1-1	10
1-1	Virginia Tech	2-3	28, 26, 41	2-2	8
Totals		10-16		45-47	75
Note:  Underlined distances indicates made field goal.

Hunt 2001 Game-By-Game Stats

Date	Opponent	FG-A	Distances	PAT	Points
9-1	CENTRAL FLORIDA	0-0		3-3	3
9-8	WOFFORD	1-1	43	4-4	7
9-22	VIRGINIA	1-2	45, 31	3-3	6
9-29	at Georgia Tech	0-0		5-5	5
10-13	at N.C. State	1-1	31	7-7	10
10-20	NORTH CAROLINA	1-1	48	0-0	3
10-27	at Wake Forest	0-0		3-3	3
11-3	FLORIDA STATE	2-3	22, 32, 35	3-3	9
11-10	at Maryland	2-2	26, 44	2-2	8
11-17	at South Carolina	1-1	24	0-1	3
12-1	DUKE	1-1	45	7-7	10
12-31	Louisiana Tech	0-0		7-7	7
Totals		10-12		44-45	74
Note:  Underlined distances indicates made field goal.

Hunt 2002 Game-By-Game Stats

Date	Opponent	FG-A	Distances	PAT	Points
8-31	at Georgia	0-2	37, 46	4-4	4
9-7	LOUISIANA TECH	4-4	47, 22, 38, 37	3-3	15
9-14	GEORGIA TECH	1-2	34, 49	3-3	6
9-21	BALL STATE	1-1	24	3-4	6
10-3	at Florida State	1-1	20	4-4	7
10-12	at Virginia	1-1	19	2-2	5
10-19	WAKE FOREST	1-1	34	4-4	7
10-24	N.C. STATE		DNP
11-2	at Duke	2-2	34, 21	4-4	10
11-9	at North Carolina	0-0		6-6	6
11-16	MARYLAND	4-4	29, 35, 22, 42	0-0	12
11-23	SOUTH CAROLINA	2-3	26, 28, 47	3-3	9
12-23	Texas Tech	0-1	33	1-1	1
Totals		17-22		37-38	88
Note:  Underlined distances indicates made field goal.

Hunt Career Stats

Year	GP-S	0-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Tot	HB	LG	PAT	Pts
2000	12-10	8-9	2-6	0-1	0-0	10-16	1	31	45-47	75
2001	12-12	3-3	2-4	5-5	0-0	10-12	0	48	44-45	74
2002	12-12	9-9	6-8	2-5	0-0	17-22	0	47	37-38	88
Total	36-34	20-21	10-18	7-11	0-0	37-50	1	48	126-130	237

• Favorite NFL team: Tennessee Titans
• Favorite all-time football player: Morten Anderson
• Favorite athlete outside football: Pele
• Favorite hobby: Fishing
• Favorite food: Chicken
• If I could spend a day with anyone in history it would be: Bob Marley (I like his music)
• Person who has had the most influence on my career: My dad
• My most memorable moment in sports: Kicking the winning field goal against South Carolina in 2000
• Current bowl system or change to NCAA playoff?: Bowl system