Hunter Long | |
Current Team: | Los Angeles Rams |
Number: | 84 |
Position: | Tight end |
Birth Date: | 19 August 1998 |
Birth Place: | Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 5 |
Weight Lb: | 253 |
High School: | Exeter High School (Exeter, NH) Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, Massachusetts) |
College: | Boston College (2017–2020) |
Draftyear: | 2021 |
Draftround: | 3 |
Draftpick: | 81 |
Pastteams: |
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Status: | Active |
Highlights: |
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Pfr: | LongHu00 |
Statseason: | 2023 |
Statlabel1: | Receptions |
Statvalue1: | 1 |
Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
Statvalue2: | 8 |
Statlabel3: | Receiving touchdowns |
Hunter Long (born August 19, 1998) is an American football tight end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Boston College and was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2021 NFL draft.
Long grew up in Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Exeter High School before doing a postgraduate year at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. He played tight end and defensive end in high school. As a senior he had 30 receptions for 508 yards with two touchdowns and had seven sacks. He committed to Boston College to play college football.[1]
Long redshirted his first year at Boston College in 2017. In 2018, he played in 12 games and had four receptions for 103 yards and two touchdowns.[2] In 2019, Long had 28 receptions for 509 yards with two touchdowns.[3] [4] He returned as the starting tight end in 2020 where he had 57 receptions for 685 yards and 5 touchdowns.[5] [6] [7]
Long was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the third round (81st overall) of the 2021 NFL draft.[8] Long signed his four-year rookie contract with Miami on July 26, 2021.[9]
On March 15, 2023, Long and a 2023 third-round draft pick were traded to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for cornerback Jalen Ramsey.[10] He was placed on injured reserve on September 9, 2023 with a thigh injury.[11] He was activated on November 14.