Early years

Hunter was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach where he played football and basketball and ran track for the Ocean Lakes Dolphins. As a junior in 2008, he caught 34 passes for 545 yards and 13 touchdowns. As a senior in 2009, he caught 46 passes for 714 yards and 9 touchdowns. He was ranked as the eighth best wide receiver recruit and 75th best overall prospect in his class by Rivals.com.

As a track and field athlete, Hunter was an accomplished jumper. He was ranked by Track & Field News as the third best long jumper, seventh best high jumper and fourteenth best triple jumper. He won Virginia state titles in long jump and high jump and settled for second place in the triple jump. His best long jump, 25'10¾", qualified him for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics.

College career

Hunter enrolled in the University of Tennessee, where he played for the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 2010 to 2012 and competed for one season on Tennessee's track and field team. As a true freshman in 2010, Hunter started two of 13 games and had 16 receptions for 415 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging a team-leading 25.9 yards per catch. His first touchdown reception was a 35-yarder that came on a fourth-down play against Florida. Coming off the bench against Georgia, he caught 4 passes for 110 yards. In his second career start against Ole Miss, he caught 3 passes for 114 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown. He was named to the Coaches' All-SEC Freshman Team.

In track and field, Hunter set a Tennessee freshman record with a long jump measuring 26'1½". He was named a First Team All-American by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in the event and was also named to the SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team.

Hunter started the first three games of his sophomore season in 2011 before tearing his ACL on his first catch in the game against Florida, which caused him to miss the rest of the season. The injury also forced him to quit competing in track and field after one season. For his limited season, he had 17 receptions for 314 yards with two touchdowns. He caught 6 passes for 146 yards, including an 81-yard touchdown, against Montana in the first game of the season. Against Cincinnati, he caught 10 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown. At the time of his injury, he was leading the SEC in receptions per game and receiving yards per game.

Hunter started all 12 games in the 2012 season, and caught 73 passes for 1,083 yards and 9 touchdowns. He was third in the SEC in both total receiving yards and receiving yards per game. His total of 73 catches was the second-highest in school history for a single season (Marcus Nash had 76 in 1997). In the season-opener against N.C. State, he had 9 catches for 73 yards. Against Missouri, he caught 9 passes for 181 yards, his eighth career game with more than 100 yards receiving. After the season, he was named to the Coaches' All-SEC Second Team.

Professional career

NFL Draft

On January 9, 2013, Hunter — along with college teammates Cordarrelle Patterson, Tyler Bray and Darrington Sentimore — announced his intention to leave college early and declare for the 2013 NFL Draft. On April 26, he was selected in the draft's second round (34th overall pick) by the Tennessee Titans.

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 4 in	196 lb	33 in	9 3⁄8 in	4.36 s	1.56 s	2.52 s	4.33 s		39.5 in	11 ft 4 in

Tennessee Titans

Hunter signed with the Titans in June 2013. On September 22, 2013, he caught his first NFL pass, a 34-yard touchdown that would prove the game-winning score in the Titans' 20-17 win over San Diego. He caught his second career pass for a 16-yard touchdown against the New York Jets the following week. In the Titans' 23-19 win over the Oakland Raiders on November 24, Hunter caught six passes for 109 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown. He posted another strong game two weeks later against Denver, catching 4 passes for 114 yards, including a 41-yard touchdown reception and a 57-yard catch that set up the Titans' first touchdown. On Monday, November 16, 2015, Hunter was added to the Season-Ending Injury Reserve list after having surgery the day before to repair a fractured ankle suffered in the team's previous game in which they lost to the Carolina Panthers

Personal life

On July 20, 2015, Hunter turned himself into Virginia Beach police following a large bar fight which occurred on July 3 in Virginia Beach. He was arrested and held without bond.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]