2017 Football Roster
Roster
Hunter Echols
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, CA
- High School:
- Cathedral HS
CAREER: In his career, he has 30 tackles (with 2 for losses, including 1.5 sacks), 2 deflections and a fumble recovery. He has appeared in 26 games in his career, starting 4 times.
2021: Echols likely will play a significant role at outside linebacker as a senior in 2021.
2020: Echols played often at outside linebacker as a junior in 2020. Overall in 2020 while appearing in all 6 games and starting twice (Utah and UCLA), he had 15 tackles (0.5 for loss) and a deflection. He had a tackle against Arizona State, 2 stops at Arizona, 4 tackles (0.5 for loss) at Utah, 2 tackles and a deflection against Washington State, 4 tackles at UCLA and 2 tackles against Oregon.
2019: Echols saw significant action at outside linebacker as a sophomore in 2019. Overall in 2019 while appearing in 9 games (all but Arizona State, California, UCLA, Iowa) and starting twice (Arizona and Colorado), he had 9 tackles, including 1.5 sacks for minus 10 yards, a fumble recovery and a deflection. He had season-ending shoulder surgery that sidelined him for the final 4 games.
He had 2 tackles and recovered a fumble against Fresno State, 2 tackles (0.5 sack) against Stanford, 2 tackles (with a sack) at BYU, 3 tackles against Utah and a deflection against Arizona.
2018: Echols saw action in 11 games (all but Arizona State, when he was out with an injury) at outside linebacker and special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2018. Overall in 2018, he had 6 tackles. He had 1 tackle each against UNLV, Texas, Washington State, Colorado, California and Notre Dame.
2017: Echols redshirted as a first-year freshman outside linebacker in 2017. He had surgery for a hip infection during 2017 fall camp that slowed him early in the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: He made 2016 Prep Star All-American Dream Team, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, USA Today All-California first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team and All-CIF Division 3 as a senior defensive end and linebacker at Cathedral High in Los Angeles (Calif.). In 2016, he made 79 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, 1 interception (for a TD), 2 deflections and 1 forced fumble.
As a junior in 2015, he made Max Preps All-State Medium Schools first team, All-CIF Southwest Division and Los Angeles Times All-Area first team while making 79 tackles, 27 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, 4 deflections, 3 fumble recoveries (1 for a TD) and 2 forced fumbles. Current Trojan Josiah Zamora also prepped at Cathedral.
PERSONAL: He is a communication major at USC.
