KNOXVILLE-Don’t accuse Justin Hunter of not reaching for the stars.
Don’t be surprised when the Tennessee football and track star leaps over them, either.
“I probably could do the Olympics and the NFL,” Hunter said earlier this week. “If I can do that, I would rather do that than just pick one.”
Hunter has made splashes in two sports in his first year on UT’s campus. The lanky 6-foot-5 athlete became a dangerous deep threat on the football field, catching a school freshman-record seven touchdown passes and averaging nearly 32 yards per reception.
In his first collegiate track meet, Hunter cleared 26 feet, 1 inch in the long jump to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships at Texas A&M, where he’ll compete tonight.