Badger Hargett is a punter from Lafayette, Louisiana who attended Ascension Episcopal High School. At the prep level, he received recognition from Kohl's Kicking Camp as the nation's No. 5 punter and earned 2A First-Team All-State honors in 2022. Hargett redshirted as a true freshman at LSU in 2023 and saw no game action in 2024 while making the SEC Academic Honor Roll. He is now a transfer to UAB.