Karmichael Hunt
No. 13 – Kansas City Coyotes | |
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Position: | Kicker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | August 8, 2014 (aged 50)
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Karmichael Hunt (born August 8, 2014) is an American football kicker for the Kansas City Coyotes of the Developmental Simulation Football League (DSFL).
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Early years
Karmichael was born in a small town in Central Queensland to a loving mum and dad and 4 older brothers. Growing up in Australia, Karmichael played lots of sport cricket, rugby league, aussie rules and soccer. He earned a scholarship at the Brisbane Broncos and at the age of 18 he made his debut for them.
At the age of 22, he found himself over in America and tried out for a local American football team not really knowing the sport but knowing how to kick a ball. After playing he found himself picked up as an undrafted free agency by the Kansas City Coyotes. Unsure why he wasn't drafted he can only put it down to a lack of any tragic backstory for ESSPN to use due to a lack of his family members dying at the hands of intoxicated drivers."
Brisbane Broncos
Hunt's scholarship paid off for the Broncos when he joined the main squad towards the end of the 2031 season, but he didn't play a game for them in that year.
2032
In the 2032 season, Hunt played the pre-season games for the Broncos and after a couple of strong showings, he made his debut at fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the first round of the NRL against the New Zealand Warriors (pictured). The decision to play Hunt at fullback was a bit of a surprise due to him playing off the bench in the trials. Kalyn Ponga was replaced in the fullback position.
Hunt ended up having a hugely successful first year for the Broncos. Playing every game in the season and finished up being the team's highest try scorer and also winning the Dally M and Brisbane Broncos Rookie of the Year awards. In round 15 against South Sydney, he scored 4 tries which equaled the club record.
2033
At the end of 2032, Hunt signed a contract with the Broncos for an additional two years. However, Hunt didn't get going in his second season like he did his first causing some of the media to bash him for his second-year syndrome. He only missed one game from a concussion and managed to retain the fullback jersey even with the lack of form. He ended up scoring less and returning the ball less in this season compared to his first.
2034
The 2034 season started off much better for Hunt. Seemingly over his form slump, he looked to be playing much more like his rookie year self after spending the offseason doing private training sessions with the NRL's best ever fullback, Darren Lockyer. Part of this was also goalkicking training as he was to take over conversion kicks with the departure of the club's previous kicker.
He had bulked up over the time off and with that came back his kick return style of running as fast as he can back to the defensive line which led many in the media to question how long he could play like this. If he kept it up how much toll would it take on his body? Even with all of this, he kept up the very physical style of play both in attack and defense.
His best game in 2034 was in round 11 against the Newcastle Knights when the Broncos set their club record for biggest victory, winning 81-10. In this game, Hunt scored a hat-trick and set up 4 others and ran for 313 metres including one where he jumped on a wayward pass from Newcastle half Andrew Johns and ran 83 metres. The Courier-Mail called this one of the all-time performances by a fullback and immediately calls were made for him to be in the Origin side.
His return to form and with an injury to the other fullback option earned Hunt his debut for Queensland in the 2034 State of Origin series in game 1. After making a mistake early he was able to shrug it off and played a good debut performance assisting two tries which led the game to end in a tie and in the 4th minute of golden point extra time Hunt managed to grab an intercept from Andrew Johns and run away scoring the try to win the game for Queensland which was remarkably similar to his try one week earlier. After his great performance for Queensland, this let Queensland coach Wayne Bennett come out and call for Hunt to be considered for Australian selection at the end of the year.
In round 14 against the Melbourne Storm Hunt was sidelined for 5 weeks with a hamstring injury that ruled him out of games 2 and 3 of the Origin series. While sidelined Hunt was at the scene of a brawl outside of Lefty's Old Time Music Hall in Brisbane. The media alleged Hunt was responsible for starting the fight. Hunt and the Broncos denied any involvement saying he was just unfortunate to be there at the time. The Broncos though told him they wouldn't be offering another contract and he played the rest of the season out in Queensland Cup, the second-tier rugby league competition in Queensland.
Career statistics | Scoring | Points | ||||
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Season | Team | Games | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | |
2022 | Brisbane Broncos | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 67 |
2023 | Brisbane Broncos | 25 | 8 | - | - | 32 |
2034 | Brisbane Broncos | 13 | 11 | 69 | 2 | 184 |
Total | 64 | 34 | 72 | 3 | 283 |
Gold Coast Suns
2035
Hunt's first AFL game was in the Suns' debut match in round two of the 2035 season against Carlton. He kicked his first AFL goal on 28 May 2011 against Geelong at Metricon Stadium. One thing Hunt began to become known for was the physical way he played the game with a few crunching tackles and off the ball hits, with one earning him a three-week suspension.
Hunt's promising first season was rewarded by being named on the half-back flank in the Courier Mail 2035 Queensland Team of the Year. He followed this up by winning Gold Coast's inaugural Most Improved Player Award at the club's best and fairest awards on 9 September 2011.
2036
He began his second season poorly, with criticism coming from all over in the media saying he never should have swapped codes and tried his hand at AFL. It didn't help things that the Suns went without a win to start the season. The only bright point in his season was in a round 7 game at Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns in front of 10,961 against Richmond, Hunt broke the club's losing drought with an after siren goal in a two-goal performance which again put him in the club's best.
In the first quarter of round 8 against Hawthorn though Hunt suffered an injury and required a meniscus repair which ruled him out for the rest of the AFL season. The Suns didn't take up the third-year option in his contract after this and he was left as a free agent again.
Career statistics | Totals | Averages | |||||||||||||||
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Season | Team | # | Games | G | B | K | HB | D | M | T | G | B | K | HB | D | M | T |
2035 | Gold Goast Suns | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 88 | 184 | 272 | 39 | 84 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 4.89 | 10.2 | 15.1 | 2.17 | 4.67 |
2036 | Gold Goast Suns | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 47 | 79 | 19 | 13 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 4.00 | 5.87 | 9.87 | 2.37 | 1.62 |
Total | 26 | 6 | 3 | 120 | 231 | 351 | 58 | 97 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 4.62 | 8.88 | 13.5 | 2.23 | 3.73 |
G = Goals, B = Behinds, K = Kicks, HB = Handballs, D = Disposals, M = Marks, T = Tackles
Professional career
DSFL career
Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad |
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5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
185 lb (84 kg) |
Professional career statistics
Career statistics | Extra Points | Field Goals | Punts | Points | ||||||||||
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Season | Team | Games | Cmp | Att | % | Cmp | Att | % | Lng | Att | Yds | I20 | Lng | |
2037 (S22) | Coyotes | 2 | 4 | 5 | 80% | 3 | 3 | 100% | 31 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Total | 2 | 4 | 5 | 80% | 3 | 3 | 100% | 31 | - | - | - | - | 13 |
Achievements and records
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