Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2018Kentucky
Zy'Aire Hughes
WR • 6'1" • 182 lbs • Paducah, KY, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Zy'Aire Hughes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a receiver
lowelite
Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
lowhigh
Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Murray State
3★
- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Zy'Aire Hughes, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Kentucky. Zy'Aire Hughes reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 63
- Receptions
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Zy'Aire Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 63
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 3 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
- Top game
- Murray State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McCracken County · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- McCracken County · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Sophomore
- 2018 Receiving yards rank
- 63 receiving yards · WR 720th (top 71%) · SEC 134th (top 59%) · National 1,151st (top 55%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 66.3 |
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Zy'Aire Hughes played WR for Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zy'Aire Hughes recorded 63 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Kentucky paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 93.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Murray State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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Season Explorer
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2018 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
2
Receiving Yards / G
31.5
Efficiency
93.3
Usage
2.2
Consistency
64.8
Best Game by takeover score
Murray State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 49. Georgia: 14
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins49 · Games = 1 · +35 vs Losses
Losses14 · Games = 1 · -35 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Murray State
Best efficiency game
93.3 vs Georgia
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Kentucky
2016-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Kentucky | 63 | 93.3 | 2.2 | 63 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Murray State
Week 3 · W 48-10
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
49
Receiving Yards
50 takeover
49 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.
#2
vs Georgia
Week 10 · L 17-34 · Conference game
14
Receiving Yards
45.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
14 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs Tennessee
Week 9 · W 29-26 · Conference game
0
Receiving Yards
— takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
0 receiving yards with a — efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Kentucky
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2018 Regular Season · Kentucky
66.3
63 primary · 93.3 efficiency · 2.2 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Kentucky
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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