{{Short description|American football player (born 1986)}} {{For|those of a similar name|Philip Hunt (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football biography | name = Phillip Hunt | image = Phillip-Hunt-Armed-Forces-Bowl-Dec-31-08.jpg | caption = Hunt in December 2008 | current_team = | number = 76, 58 | position = Defensive end | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|10|mf=y}} | birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 248 | high_school = Dunbar (Fort Worth) | college = Houston | undraftedyear = 2009 | pastteams = * Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2009}})* * Winnipeg Blue Bombers ({{CFL Year|2009}}–{{CFL Year|2010}}) * Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2013}}) * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2014}})* * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2015}}) * New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2015}}) * Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|2016}}–{{CFL Year|2017}}) | status = | cflstatus = | highlights = * CFL All-Star (2010) * Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year (2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121008aaf.html|title=C-USA Announces Football Players of the Year|access-date=2009-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031043/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121008aaf.html|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2x First-team All-Conference USA (2007, 2008)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120908aab.html|title=C-USA Announces Football Coaches' All-Conference Teams|access-date=2009-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031036/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120908aab.html|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Third-team All-Conference USA (2006) * Conference USA All-Freshmen Team (2005) | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 24 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 4.0 | cfl = phillip-hunt/150864/ }} '''Phillip Wayne Hunt Jr.''' (born January 10, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2009 after playing college football for the Houston Cougars. He played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2009 to 2010, and the Philadelphia Eagles from 2011 to 2013. He finished his career with the Edmonton Eskimos.

==Professional career==

===Cleveland Browns=== In 2009 Hunt was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Browns, but was released before regular season.

===Winnipeg Blue Bombers=== After his release from the Browns prior to the 2009 season, Hunt signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and spent two years with the Blue Bombers. In his first season, he recorded 11 tackles and three sacks, while he led the league in sacks with 16 the following year.

===Philadelphia Eagles=== Multiple NFL teams gave Hunt interest and invited him to workouts, including the Eagles, which after the 2010 season signed Hunt to a three-year contract on February 11, 2011. Hunt tore his ACL during the Eagles' first preseason game on August 9, 2013. He was placed on injured reserve on August 28, 2013, and became a free agent following the season.

===Indianapolis Colts=== On August 6, 2014, he was signed by the Indianapolis Colts, but failed to make the roster out of training camp and spent the 2014 season as a free agent.

===Detroit Lions=== On February 27, 2015, the Detroit Lions signed Hunt to a one-year contract. Hunt made the Lions roster out of training camp as a defensive end.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Lions-sign-pass-rusher-Phillip-Hunt/3b57a031-ee9a-4e35-8a4e-b0c07231f4c6 |title=Lions sign pass rusher Phillip Hunt |work=Detroit Lions |first=Tim |last=Twentyman |date=February 27, 2015 |accessdate=February 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227211710/http://www.detroitlions.com/news/lions-insider/article-1/Lions-sign-pass-rusher-Phillip-Hunt/3b57a031-ee9a-4e35-8a4e-b0c07231f4c6 |archive-date=February 27, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was cut on October 8, 2015.<ref name="cut2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2015/10/08/ish-kitchen-detroit-lions/73582828/ |title=Lions sign DT Kitchen, cut Phillip Hunt |last=Birkett |first=Dave |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=October 8, 2015 |accessdate=October 8, 2015}}</ref>

===New Orleans Saints=== On November 23, 2015, the New Orleans Saints signed Hunt to a one-year $758,000 deal. On May 9, 2016, the Saints released Hunt.

===Edmonton Eskimos=== On September 6, 2016, signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/former-nfl-de-hunt-signs-with-eskimos-1.562082|title=Former NFL DE Hunt signs with Eskimos|date=2016-09-06|access-date=2016-09-07}}</ref> On January 22, 2018, the Eskimos released Hunt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goelks.com/2018/01/22/eskimos-transactions-5/|title=ESKIMOS TRANSACTIONS|date=2018-01-22|access-date=2023-11-29}}</ref>

==Personal life== Phillip and his wife Krystal have 3 children.

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/roster/Phillip-Hunt/62703e27-aa46-4718-988f-0b4230d357e4 Philadelphia Eagles bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406051929/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/team/roster/phillip-hunt/62703e27-aa46-4718-988f-0b4230d357e4/ |date=April 6, 2011 }} *[http://uhcougars.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hunt_phillip00.html Houston Cougars bio]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}

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