Houston Christian EDGE Jalyx Hunt has already made historical past by being the primary participant at school historical past to be invited to the Senior Bowl.
Hunt started his profession at Cornell as a security, however transferred to the Massive Crimson after three seasons. He moved to EDGE at Houston Christian and made a right away affect on the Huskies.
In two seasons at HCU, Hunt totaled 133 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, one interception, 5 move breakups, 5 compelled fumbles and three fumble recoveries. Final season, he earned FCS All-American honors by a number of publications and was named the Southland Defensive Participant of the 12 months.
Hunt spoke with FCS Soccer Central's Zach McKinnell about his journey from Cornell to Houston Christian for the Senior Bowl this week.
“I actually began rising late,” Hunt stated. “I received into Cornell, I used to be 195 at first. If you wish to play with the massive guys, you must be larger, so I routinely gained weight from consuming and lifting weights in faculty. I received to 235 after I transferred and after I transferred, my coach thought I’d be higher taking part in outdoors linebacker, the EDGE place.”
Hunt Performs With A Chip On His Shoulder
“I don't really feel like I must show that I belong right here … I do know I belong right here,” Hunt stated. “I do know it's undoubtedly a query from folks like, 'Oh, you've performed FCS ball,' so the chip is massive. … The chip is there. I'm like all people else that's right here from FCS.
“Plenty of us had been missed once we went to school and our faculty expertise, that's why we didn't go to the massive FBS, however we knew we might play at that stage, we simply didn't have the assets and stuff. be right here and present that like everybody else, you must take care of us, it means so much.”
Hunt has solely performed edge rusher for 2 seasons, making him one of the intriguing prospects within the NFL draft. Regardless of his lack of expertise on the place, Hunt is producing a number of curiosity from NFL groups this week in Cellular.
“We're speaking to all 32 (groups) this week. I’ve 16 required interviews, so I'm excited to get by them,” Hunt stated. “We had eight yesterday and we'll have one other eight as we speak, so I'm excited to proceed these conversations.”
Watch Jalyx Hunt and all FCS prospects within the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl on Saturday at 1:00 PM ET on the NFL Community.
