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Hunter Long Arizona Cardinals · #89

Tight End · 6' 5", 243 lbs · Exeter, NH · Age 28

Hunter Long is a Tight End for the Arizona Cardinals, drafted 81st overall, 2021. In 2026 he caught 2 passes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns.

Tight EndDrafted 81st overall6-yr veteran
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Arizona Cardinals · #89 · Tight End
Hunter Long
Season avg2 rec · 15 yds · 0 td
Career avg22 rec · 168 yds · 2 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
2rec
15yds
0td
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Scouting report

Hunter Long — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Tight End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Hunter Long is a Tight End for the Arizona Cardinals, drafted 81st overall, 2021. In 2026 he caught 2 passes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Receiving
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Big-play
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Scoring
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Receiving yards
Solid · offense
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Volume
Solid · offense
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Scoring
Solid · offense
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Big-play
Solid · offense
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D
Target share
Average · offense
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Act II

Where Hunter Long stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1278 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
35Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Hunter Long — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Receiving
15 YDS
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Volume
2 REC
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Big-play
7.5 Y/R
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Scoring
0 TD
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The engine

How the model sees Hunter Long

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2027  modeled
6
rec
2–10
44
rec yds
16–72
1
td
0–1
8
targets
2–14
8
games
3–13
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 6-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 2 → projected 6 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+4.2
Age curve
-0.2
Net vs last season+4.0 rec
Everything it reads
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6 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 28 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 17 / 9 / 4
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Hunter Long career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
2021718038.0
20229
20234
202417760098.6
2025912852177.1
2026 in progress · 4 games4215027.5
Career5022168231
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Arizona Cardinals built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

11–6proj record
74off index
99def index
+39net
88%playoff odds
62roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B- (74), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 57, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 11–6 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Hunter Long

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1998-08-19

The beginning

Hunter Long is a Tight End for the Arizona Cardinals, in his 6th NFL season.

Arizona Cardinals

Turning pro

Drafted 81st overall, 2021 as a Tight End.

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Hunter Long is an Arizona Cardinals tight end, drafted 81st overall, 2021.

Chapter

Across 6 seasons (2021–2026) he has caught 22 passes for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 2 passes for 15 yards and 0 touchdowns in 2026.

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Long's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 5"
Weight
243 lbs
Draft
81st overall, 2021
Born
Exeter, NH
Age
28
Jersey
#89
Background

Hunter Long is from Exeter, NH and is 28 years old. He was drafted 81st overall, 2021 and plays tight end at 6' 5", 243 lbs.

Over 6 seasons (2021–2026) he has caught 22 passes for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns. Long is currently on the Arizona Cardinals roster.

The person

Hunter Long is a blocking and depth tight end who has caught 22 passes for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns across 6 seasons (2021–2026).

Receiving22 career receptions for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Best season12 catches for 85 yards in 2025.
Draft pedigree81st overall, 2021.
Durability50 career games played.
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FAQ

Hunter Long — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Hunter Long, answered.

What position does Hunter Long play?
Hunter Long is a Tight End for the Arizona Cardinals.
When was Hunter Long drafted?
Hunter Long was drafted 81st overall, 2021.
How many seasons has Hunter Long played?
6 (2021–2026).
What are Hunter Long's career stats?
He has caught 22 passes for 168 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Hunter Long career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
TE5
behind the starter
Snap share
32%
of offensive snaps
Target share
1%
WOPR 0.03

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs CLE
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
44
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
2 / 7
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
63
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs CLEW2 @ DENW3 vs NEW4 @ CINW5 vs PHIW6 vs HOUW7 · BYEW8 vs INDW9 @ BALW10 @ TENW11 @ NYGW12 vs TENW13 @ CHIW14 vs PITW15 @ HOUW16 @ DALW17 vs WASW18 @ IND

Each week grades Hunter Long's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
9
since 2021
Games missed
8
listed Out
Lower-body
7
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk13 · Knee2025 Wk12 · Hip (Out)2025 Wk11 · Hip (Out)2025 Wk10 · Hip (Out)2025 Wk3 · Ankle2024 Wk19 · Quadricep

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 5 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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