Tyrese Hunter

Tyrese Hunter (born August 11, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Brampton Honey Badgers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones, Texas Longhorns and Memphis Tigers. He also previously played for the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League.

High school career Hunter attended St Catherine's High School in Racine, Wisconsin where he played on the basketball team, scoring 1,589 career points, and leading the team to a Division 3 Wisconsin State Championship as a senior. A consensus 4 star prospect ranked the nations #37 overall recruit, he committed to Iowa State University to play college basketball.

College career

Iowa State As a freshman at Iowa State, Hunter averaged 11.0 points, 4.9 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game. In the Cyclones opening game of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, Hunter scored a season high 23 points to lead Iowa State to a 59–54 victory over LSU. At the conclusion of his freshman season, Hunter was named the Big 12 Freshman of the year. On April 18, 2022, Hunter announced that he was entering the transfer portal. He averaged 10.3 points, three rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. Hunter declared for the 2023 NBA draft before withdrawing and returning to Texas. In his junior year, Hunter averaged 11.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game. At the end of the season, he entered the transfer portal.

Memphis After entering the transfer portal, Hunter would then commit to Memphis for his senior year. At Memphis, he averaged 13.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game while shooting 40.1% on threes. He was then waived and allocated to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Throughout the 2025-2026 NBA G League Tip-Off Tournament, Hunter played in all 14 games, averaging 7.3 points, 1.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.2 steals in 18.7 minutes per game. On January 5, 2026, he was waived.

Raptors 905 (2026) On January 21, 2026, Hunter was claimed off waivers by the Raptors 905. On January 30, Hunter was waived.

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