A seventh-round draft pick of the Bengals in 2022, Gunter earned a roster spot out of training camp and saw action in 10 games as a rookie, then spent the entire '23 season on the team's practice squad ... He lined up for 37 defensive snaps and 78 special teams snaps during his rookie campaign ... Racked up 18 sacks in four seasons at Coastal Carolina University (2017-18, '20-21), where he was a three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection ... Transferred to North Carolina State for the 2019 season, but returned to Coastal Carolina for junior and senior years.
Selected by Cincinnati in seventh round of 2022 NFL Draft (252nd overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-20-22 ... Waived by Bengals on 8-29-23 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 8-30-23 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 1-8-24 (Reserve/Future).
2022—Played in 10 regular-season games as a rookie ... Inactive for five regular-season games and all three postseason contests ... Saw action on 37 defensive snaps and 78 special teams snaps in regular season ... Sustained knee injury in warmups of Oct. 16 game at New Orleans that made him active/DNP for that contest and inactive for Game 7 vs. Atlanta ... Logged an assisted tackle on Dec. 18 at Tampa Bay for his first career stop.
2023—Spent entire season on Cincinnati's practice squad.
Played four seasons at Coastal Carolina (2017-18, '20-21) ... Transferred to North Carolina State in 2019, but did not play in any games due to NCAA transfer rules and returned to Coastal Carolina the following year ... Recorded 174 tackles (96 solo), 18 sacks, 40 TFLs, nine FFs, one FR, five PDs and one INT ... Also had two blocked kicks on special teams ... His 18 sacks rank second in program history ... Named first-team All-Sun Belt Conference in 2018 and '20, and second-team in '21 ... Received invitations to play in the 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl and NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Hometown is Durham, N.C., where he attended Riverside High School ... Earned all-conference honors as junior and senior ... As senior, he tallied 55 tackles, 12 TFLs, 8.5 sacks and an INT ... His college roommate was Tarron Jackson, who now plays DE for the Philadelphia Eagles ... Graduated from Coastal Carolina with degree in economics in December 2020.
