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Jersey Number 84
Brian Hnat
- Year:
- 2nd Year
- Position:
- Tight End
- Hometown:
- Andover, Mass.
- High School:
- Avon Old Farms
2025:
High School:
- Played in five games
- Dean's List (Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
High School:
- New England Football Journal MIAA First Team All-State as a junior
- Merrimack Valley Conference Division I MVP as a senior
- First Team All-Merrimack Valley Conference as a senior
- Received Avon Old Farms and Andover High’s Outstanding Offensive and Defensive Player Team Awards in 2022 and 2023
- Helped Winged Beavers to 2022 and 2023 MVC Division I titles
- As a senior, had 40 receptions for 619 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns while also making 58 tackles with seven interceptions and a pick-six
- Team captain as a senior
- Competed at the Shriner’s All-Star Football Classic in 2024
- Named All-Scholastic by both the Boston Herald and Boston Globe
- Dual-sport athlete who was also captain of the basketball team
- Honor Roll student
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