2006 NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year 2005 NCAA Outdoor champion - Decathlon James Edward "Trey" Hardee III (born February 7, 1984, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the combined events.

Mississippi State dropped its indoor track and field program after the 2004 season, so Hardee transferred to the University of Texas.

His performances during the 2008 outdoor season garnered interest from the New York Jets of the National Football League, who offered him a tryout.

[1] At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Hardee won gold in the decathlon with a points total of 8790, which is his personal record.

At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in the heptathlon by finishing behind Bryan Clay.