Parker Hughes

Former linebacker at Middle Tennessee. 2025: 89 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 225 lb · Elizabethton, TN

CFB Index 67 · #150 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceDrafted by Jacksonville — Rd 7, Pick 24, #240 overall

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

2.5 TFL · 2 PBU

Best game: 11 tackles, 1 INT, at Western Kentucky

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Middle Tennessee. 2025: 89 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

Drafted round 7 by the Jacksonville in 2026.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Middle Tennessee, 211 tackles — drafted at #240 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202511 games

All-Conference USAsecond

2026

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 7, pick 240

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Middle Tennessee

2023–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #240

Jacksonville · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2025)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2025

2 coaches

2023

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

2024–2025

Derek Mason

Middle Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rick Stockstill → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season

#240Rd 7 · Pick 24

Jacksonville2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

2025Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #150 of 583?

High confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (97th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#91 / 2975 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#90 / 2975 · 97th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	7.8	0.1	0.0	0.2
Road6g	8.3	0.3	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	7.7	0.3	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	8.6	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #150 of 583 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #150 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	89	48	2.5	0.0	2	2	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	69	28	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Middle Tennessee	53	31	7.0	2.5	1	--	--
Career		211	107	11.5	2.5	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 14–13

at Nevada

7 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With A. Logan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG · N. Vattiato — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.4 · 8 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs Austin Peay	9	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 10-42@ Wisconsin	5	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	W 14-13@ Nevada	7	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 28-42vs Marshall	14	9	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 5	L 16-24@ Kennesaw State	7	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 20-22vs Missouri State	4	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 9	L 28-31@ Delaware	8	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 30-56vs Florida International	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 26-42@ Western Kentucky	11	8	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 31-17vs Sam Houston	7	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	W 31-24@ New Mexico State	12	5	0.0	—	0
Total		89	48	2.5	2	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Parker Hughes

202511 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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