Justin Hughes: LB · Kansas State · #32.
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Justin Hughes
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Kansas State. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Oklahoma — Week 4, 2020.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kansas State | 44 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 55 | 37 | 7.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 103 | 70 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 31-35vs Arkansas State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-35@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21vs Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-14@ TCU | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-14vs Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-37@ West Virginia | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 18-20vs No. 14 Oklahoma State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-69vs Texas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 4 · 2020
W 38-35
at Oklahoma
10 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups44 tackles · 2 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
41.5%
246 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
59.3
10 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas State, 103 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
