Arizona: 3L... Contender for the starting role at free safety entering the 2003 season but also may see some playing time at strong safety... Played in all 12 games at strong safety and started 11 for the Wildcats in 2002 and continued to provide the Wildcat secondary and special teams units with a physical, hard-nosed style of play … Finished the season fourth on the squad with 65 tackles (35 solo), 4.5 tackles for loss (-11 yards), one sack, three pass breakups and a fumble recovery… Finished with five tackles in each of the Arizona State and Stanford games… Had five solo tackles at California… Second-leading tackler with eight hits in the UCLA game… Led the squad with seven hits (five solo) and a tackle for loss at Oregon State… Had a career-high nine hits and broke up two passes versus Washington State… Had seven tackles and a tackle for loss at Washington… Finished the Oregon game with three hits, including a tackle for loss… Tallied four tackles and recovered a fumble against North Texas… Had three solo hits at Wisconsin… Notched five tackles, including a tackle for loss, and broke up a pass against Utah… Opened the season versus Northern Arizona with four solo hits, tackle for loss, a sack and a pass breakup… Played in all 11 games for the Wildcats in 2001 and earned Most Valuable Special Teams Player honors following the season... Closed the year with 26 tackles, 21 solo, one tackle for loss, one interception and three pass breakups... Had a season-best four solo tackles at Oregon State... Had four tackles, including one for loss, against Stanford... Notched two solo hits, broke up a pass and had an interception at Cal... Tallied three solo tackles in each of the USC, Oregon and UNLV games... Had four tackles versus Washington State... Broke up a pass in both the ASU and Oregon games... Opened the season with two solo hits at San Diego State... Earned playing time on the special teams unit, along with rotation status in the backfield, during the 2000 season... Played in 10 games and earned starts against Oregon State and Arizona State... Ended the season with 14 tackles, nine solo... Had a season-high five tackles against Oregon State... Had three tackles at Stanford... Tallied two tackles at USC and against ASU... Had a solo tackle in both the Utah and Washington games... Redshirted for the Cats in 1999... UA looked in its own backyard, on Tucson’s northwest side, to recruit Hardt from Marana High School.
High School: Marana High School, Marana, Ariz., 1999... All-city honors from Tucson Citizen and was an All-4A selection from Arizona Daily Star... KVOA-TV Player of the Year... Rushed for 1,001 yards on 156 carries (6.4 yards per carry), fourth in Southern Arizona, for coach Marty Honea... Won the 1998 4A state wrestling title at 160 pounds... Played defensive back, running back and quarterback in high school... Also won a state wrestling title as a junior and finished third as a sophomore... Recruited by other Pac-10 and WAC schools... Academic honor roll.
Hardt’s Career Stats
Year G-GS UT AT TT TFL Other
2000 10-2 9 5 14 – –
2001 11-0 21 5 26 1-0 1 INT, 2 PD
2002 12-11 35 30 65 4.5-11 3 PD, 1 FR
Totals 33-13 65 40 105 5.5-11 1 INT, 5 PD, 1 FR
