The only explanation for Hunt that I can think of is that he got to football late and just needed time to develop. I think I remember reading that he was on a track scholarship, but the school cancelled the track program. So he switched to football. If you think of a normal football player's important development time, they get peewee+ junior high (whatever that's worth), 4 years in HS, 3-5 years in college. So maybe 7-11 years. If he only started playing football in 2009, that's 9 years.
So despite his age (31) he has still had less total football development time than some rookies. You can fudge that a little and say that he still competed in athletics. Obviously if he was able to make the football team at SMU with zero experience, he was already an elite athlete.
That said, in terms of football development you could make the case that he's roughly in the same spot as a standard NFL player in his 3rd - 5th NFL season.
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