2024: Played in all 14 games, with starts in the last seven games at cornerback … led the team and tied for first in the MVFC in passes defended with 12 (11 pass breakups, one interception) … tallied 39 tackles on the year, with 31 solo stops … also credited with a TFL on the year … recorded a career-high nine tackles in a win at Indiana State … recorded three tackles and an interception against Missouri State ... had a TFL in the win at Northern Iowa … broke up a pair of passes each at North Alabama, Southern Illinois, Indiana State and in the FCS playoff contest at Southeast Missouri State.

2023: Saw action in eight games, mostly on special teams ... finished the year with two tackles.

Martin Luther King Jr. HS: Two-year varsity starter for head coach Tyrone Spence … member of back-to-back state championship teams, helping the squad to a 10-3 record as a senior and a 13-1 mark as a junior … also a standout on the track, earning all-city and all-state honors.

Personal: Born April 15, 2005, in Detroit, Michigan … son of Tarnishia Hughes.