#19

Mike Hughes

Former defensive back at UCF. 2017: 4 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

DB · UCF · #19

5′11″ · 185 lb · New Bern, NC

Minnesota — drafted 2018, Rd 1, Pick 30, #30 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 34 nationally · Joined UCF

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at UCF. 2017: 4 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2017.
Drafted round 1 by the Minnesota in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at UCF, 49 tackles — drafted at #30 overall by Minnesota.

His career

201713 games

Signed with UCF3-star out of Garden City C.C.

2018

Drafted by Minnesotaround 1, pick 30

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#34 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #30

Minnesota · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

2 coaches

2015

George O'Leary

UCF

2017

Scott Frost

UCF

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: George O'Leary → Scott Frost. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 9th NFL season

#30Rd 1 · Pick 30

MinnesotaEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015North Carolina11-3HC: Larry Fedora · Run-leaning

2017UCF13-0HC: Scott Frost · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (98th percentile). Strength: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#36 / 2682 · 98th pct

Forced fumbles#11 / 715 · 95th pct

Interceptions#27 / 795 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#419 / 2682 · 84th pct

Tackles#698 / 2682 · 74th pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2125 / 2682 · 18th pct

0.5

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.0	0.0	1.1
Road6g	4.3	0.1	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.1	0.0	1.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Frost

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UCF	49	37	0.5	0.0	11	4	1
2015	North Carolina	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		49	37	0.5	0.0	11	4	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 34–27

at Auburn

5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 4 NO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With M. Milton — 242 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.7 · 116 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · M. Loudermilk — 40 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week