Juju Hughes: DB · Fresno State · #23.
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Juju Hughes
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Fresno State. One game to point at: 11 tackles against USC — Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 8 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Fresno State | 80 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2018 | Fresno State | 70 | 38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | Fresno State | 71 | 54 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2016 | Fresno State | 18 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 239 | 147 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 22 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 23-31@ USC | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 35-38vs Minnesota | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-20vs Sacramento State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-17@ New Mexico State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-43@ Air Force | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-27vs UNLV | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-41vs Colorado State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 41-38@ Hawai'i | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-37vs Utah State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-17@ San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-35vs Nevada | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-17@ San José State | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 80 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 |
Week 10 · 2019
W 41-38
at Hawai'i
10 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 7 solo tackles
Edged out Hawai'i on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
1%1 TFL80 tackles · 1 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 8.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Tedford
Pass share
49.1%
372 pass / 386 run
Plays / game
63.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
406 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
80 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Fresno State, 239 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim DeRuyter, Eric Kiesau, and Jeff Tedford. Multi-era developmental context.
