Georgia Southern University Athletics

PREP: First-team pick for 1AAAAAA all-region team as defensive lineman for one of the top-ranked teams in the nation… Switched from linebacker to defensive end for his senior season… Two-year starter for Wildcats team that posted a 23-3 record during that time… Amassed 71 total tackles with 12 TFL in starting roles… Had six hurries as a senior… Posted five solo tackles vs. Jenkins County, with 3 sacks and TFL and had five tackles vs. Valdosta… Recorded six total tackles in games vs. Johnson High School and Peachtree Ridge… Picked up a TFL to go along with four solo tackles vs. Marietta… Scored a safety vs. Savannah… Played for Head Coach Jeff Herron, the Region 1-AAAAAA Coach of the Year for 2012… Earned four varsity letters for the Wildcats and was a member of the 2009 state championship team... Current Georgia Southern running back Ean Days, former defensive back A.J. McCray and Eagle Basketball four-year letterwinner Ben Drayton III played at the same high school as Hardee...

PERSONAL: Born September 11, 1994 in Brunswick, Ga.... Full name is Rafael Lamar Hardee and goes by the nickname “Big Country”... Hunts hogs for fun and likes to hang out with his friends... Lists mixed martial artist Rampage Jackson as his favorite athlete... Would turn down a ticket to see any game or event in the world to watch his brothers’ wrestling matches... Looking forward to his favorite Georgia Southern tradition of the yellow bus ride to Paulson Stadium on game days... Oldest of five children... Son of Tiffany Roberson and lists her as having the biggest influence on his life because “she had me and my three brothers when she was young, she still made it and has now has three degrees.”