hunt, a tall defender, was drafted by essendon with the 32nd selection in the 2000 afl draft from the 2000 tac cup premiership winning geelong falcons. he played the entire 2001 season in the vfl with essendon's affiliated reserves team, the bendigo bombers, and did not make his afl debut until round 20 of the 2002 season. he scored a goal with his first kick in the afl, but did not score another goal in his afl career. he played in two more games that year, including the elimination final, when he was selected a late replacement for james hird, who was injured. however he did not play in the afl again until mid-2005, spending the entire 2003 and 2004 seasons playing for bendigo in the vfl. despite playing in the final two games of the 2005 season, he was delisted by essendon at the end of the 2005 season.