 After persistent injuries in his first two years, he made his AFL debut during the 2016 season.Hunt was born into a football family with his great uncle, Harold Rumney, playing 186 games in the Victorian Football League (now the Australian Football League) for the Collingwood Football Club and Carlton Football Club, including four premierships with Collingwood between 1927 and 1930; and his uncle, Andrew Moir, played 73 matches for the Melbourne Football Club from 1977–1981.He played under 16 level football with the Hampton Rovers Football Club in 2011 before playing school football with Brighton Grammar School.