Former kicker at App State. 2024: 7 field goals, 37 points.
6′3″ · 190 lb · Charleston, WV
The story
Former kicker at App State. 2024: 7 field goals, 37 points.
Recruiting
K recruit
No. 2542 nationally · Signed with App State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonMichael Hughes
Accurate and has the range — good from anywhere you'd send him out. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at App State behind him. Two straight seasons of it now: All-Sun Belt again in 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Shawn Clark — 30-21 over that span.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
| Season | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14/14 (100%) | 3/5 (60%) | 2/2 | |
| Career | 14/14 (100%) | 3/5 (60%) | 2/2 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 34–20
100 PCT · 41 LONG · 10 PTS
With J. Aguilar — 216 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.7 · 4 rush yds (5 car) · M. Jackson — 5 rec · 162 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | FGM/FGA | LONG | XP | PTS | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs East Tennessee State | 1/1 | 32 | 5/5 | 8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-66@ Clemson | 2/2 | 36 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-19@ East Carolina | 2/2 | 35 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-48vs South Alabama | 0/0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-20vs James Madison | 2/2 | 41 | 4/4 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-29@ Georgia Southern | 0/1 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Total | 7/8 | 41 | — | 37 |
Play style
Accurate and has the range — good from anywhere you'd send him out.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Accurate and has the range — good from anywhere you'd send him out.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Briggs Bourgeois’s 2022 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Will Ferrin's junior season at BYU (2024).
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Player DNA