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Jersey Number 89
Aaron Hackett
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 237
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Venice, Fla.
- High School:
- Venice
Bio
Career Overview: Tied for Syracuse's all-time lead in touchdown receptions by a tight end (9) ... Has played in 45 games with 19 starts … Valuable contributor on special teams ... Has 37 career receptions for 311 yards (8.4 avg.) and nine touchdowns, including six scores in 2019 ... Returned nine kickoffs for 92 yards (10.2 avg.).
Senior Year (2020): Played in all-11 games with 10 starts at tight end, was also on most Orange special teams units … Caught 10 passes for 63 yards and two touchdowns … Caught one pass for 10 yards against both Georgia Tech (9/26) and Duke (10/10) … Hauled in a pair of receptions, including a touchdown catch against Liberty (10/17) … Tied Syracuse’s all-time record for touchdown receptions by a tight end (12) with his TD catch against Boston College (11/7) … Finished the season with a reception in five-straight games.
Junior Year (2019): Winner of Syracuse’s Bill Maxwell Award as the team’s most improved player on offense ... Played in all 12 games, starting six ... Member of the kickoff return team, punt team and PAT/field-goal unit ... Had 23 receptions for 205 yards (8.9 avg.) and ranked second on the Orange with six touchdown catches ... Second among ACC tight ends in TD receptions to Louisville’s Marshon Ford (7) ... Hackett’s six scores were the most for a Syracuse tight end since 2011 when Nick Provo led the team with seven ... Also returned four kickoffs for 52 yards (13.0 avg.) and rushed one time for three yards ... Had at least one reception in 11 out of 12 games ... Personal protector for All-America punter Sterling Hofrichter and helped Syracuse rank first in the ACC (No. 3 nationally) in net punting average (43.03) for the third straight season ... Against Western Michigan (9/21), set career highs for catches (6), receiving yards (48) and receiving touchdowns (2) ... Served as Syracuse’s offensive game captain the next week versus Holy Cross (9/28) and had two catches for 22 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown, to go along with a career-long, 23-yard kickoff return ... Against Pittsburgh (10/18), caught two passes for 14 yards, one of which was a 7-yard TD, and gained three yards on the first rushing attempt of his career ... Made two catches for 33 yards versus Boston College (11/2), including snagging a 9-yard TD ... At Louisville (11/23), caught a 20-yard touchdown and finished the game with two catches for 23 yards and one kickoff return for nine yards.
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Sophomore Year (2018): Appeared in all 13 games, including starts at Clemson (9/29) and versus Notre Dame (11/17) when the Orange opened with two tight ends … Upback on the kickoff return team ... Ran back two kickoffs for 29 yards against Wagner (9/8) … First career reception was a 1-yard TD catch on Syracuse’s opening drive at Pittsburgh (10/6) … Set season bests for receptions (3) and receiving yards (42) against West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl, including a career-long catch of 26 yards ... ACC Honor Roll selection … Named to the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2017): Played in nine games, mainly as a member of the kickoff return and PAT/field-goal teams ... Did not record any statistics ... ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Tight end at Venice High School for head coach John Peacock … Position coach was former Syracuse tight end Beckett Wales, who lettered for the Orange from 2010-13 … Ranked the No. 58 tight end in the nation by Scout.com … ESPN’s No. 31 Y-tight end … PrepStar All-Southeast Region honoree … Totaled 53 receptions for 674 yards (12.7 avg.) and eight touchdowns in his high school career … As a junior, made 27 catches for 328 yards (12.1 avg.) and four scores … As a senior, had 24 receptions for 321 yards (13.4 avg.) and four TDs for an Indians offense that averaged 46.6 points a game … Third in the district in receiving yardage … Led Venice to a 12-1 record, including the 2016 Florida Class 7A District 11 title, and an appearance in the FHSAA 7A state semifinals ... Played basketball for two seasons.
Personal: Aaron William Hackett … Born on August 7, 1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana … Son of David and Kimberly Hackett … One brother, one sister ... Sport management major.
Senior Year (2020): Played in all-11 games with 10 starts at tight end, was also on most Orange special teams units … Caught 10 passes for 63 yards and two touchdowns … Caught one pass for 10 yards against both Georgia Tech (9/26) and Duke (10/10) … Hauled in a pair of receptions, including a touchdown catch against Liberty (10/17) … Tied Syracuse’s all-time record for touchdown receptions by a tight end (12) with his TD catch against Boston College (11/7) … Finished the season with a reception in five-straight games.
Junior Year (2019): Winner of Syracuse’s Bill Maxwell Award as the team’s most improved player on offense ... Played in all 12 games, starting six ... Member of the kickoff return team, punt team and PAT/field-goal unit ... Had 23 receptions for 205 yards (8.9 avg.) and ranked second on the Orange with six touchdown catches ... Second among ACC tight ends in TD receptions to Louisville’s Marshon Ford (7) ... Hackett’s six scores were the most for a Syracuse tight end since 2011 when Nick Provo led the team with seven ... Also returned four kickoffs for 52 yards (13.0 avg.) and rushed one time for three yards ... Had at least one reception in 11 out of 12 games ... Personal protector for All-America punter Sterling Hofrichter and helped Syracuse rank first in the ACC (No. 3 nationally) in net punting average (43.03) for the third straight season ... Against Western Michigan (9/21), set career highs for catches (6), receiving yards (48) and receiving touchdowns (2) ... Served as Syracuse’s offensive game captain the next week versus Holy Cross (9/28) and had two catches for 22 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown, to go along with a career-long, 23-yard kickoff return ... Against Pittsburgh (10/18), caught two passes for 14 yards, one of which was a 7-yard TD, and gained three yards on the first rushing attempt of his career ... Made two catches for 33 yards versus Boston College (11/2), including snagging a 9-yard TD ... At Louisville (11/23), caught a 20-yard touchdown and finished the game with two catches for 23 yards and one kickoff return for nine yards.
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Sophomore Year (2018): Appeared in all 13 games, including starts at Clemson (9/29) and versus Notre Dame (11/17) when the Orange opened with two tight ends … Upback on the kickoff return team ... Ran back two kickoffs for 29 yards against Wagner (9/8) … First career reception was a 1-yard TD catch on Syracuse’s opening drive at Pittsburgh (10/6) … Set season bests for receptions (3) and receiving yards (42) against West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl, including a career-long catch of 26 yards ... ACC Honor Roll selection … Named to the Fall 2018 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2017): Played in nine games, mainly as a member of the kickoff return and PAT/field-goal teams ... Did not record any statistics ... ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Tight end at Venice High School for head coach John Peacock … Position coach was former Syracuse tight end Beckett Wales, who lettered for the Orange from 2010-13 … Ranked the No. 58 tight end in the nation by Scout.com … ESPN’s No. 31 Y-tight end … PrepStar All-Southeast Region honoree … Totaled 53 receptions for 674 yards (12.7 avg.) and eight touchdowns in his high school career … As a junior, made 27 catches for 328 yards (12.1 avg.) and four scores … As a senior, had 24 receptions for 321 yards (13.4 avg.) and four TDs for an Indians offense that averaged 46.6 points a game … Third in the district in receiving yardage … Led Venice to a 12-1 record, including the 2016 Florida Class 7A District 11 title, and an appearance in the FHSAA 7A state semifinals ... Played basketball for two seasons.
Personal: Aaron William Hackett … Born on August 7, 1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana … Son of David and Kimberly Hackett … One brother, one sister ... Sport management major.
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