Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Ball State
Drew Hughes
DT • 6'2" • 288 lbs • Willow Springs, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Drew Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Player Story
Drew Hughes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Willow Springs, IL wearing No. 47, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Drew Hughes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Drew Hughes, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Drew Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 58
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Drew Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 58
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Auburn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Nazareth Academy · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Nazareth Academy · 17 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 47 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 27 tackles · DT 53rd (top 23%) · Mid-American 156th (top 27%) · National 1,573rd (top 26%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 8 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 18.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 10 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 39.7 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Drew Hughes
Drew Hughes played DT for Ball State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Drew Hughes recorded 2 receiving yards, 58 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ball State paired 5 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.3
Usage
3.9
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 2. New Hampshire: 1. UConn: 0. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Akron: 2. Northern Illinois: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 0
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.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 3 by 32.5. New Hampshire: 5 by 30.8. UConn: 3 by 12.5. Ohio: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Akron: 3 by 32.5. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Auburn
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Akron
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Miami (OH) | L 24-45 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Toledo | L 9-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 9-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Northern Illinois | L 7-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs AkronSplash game | W 42-28 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Western Michigan | L 0-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Ohio | W 20-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ UConn | L 25-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Hampshire | W 34-29 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ AuburnSplash game | L 3-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Drew Hughes story
Drew Hughes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Willow Springs, IL wearing No. 47, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Drew Hughes' career was his defensive production: 58 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Drew Hughes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ball State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 1.5 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 1.5 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 5 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 2 · L 3-42
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 117 Akron
Week 8 · W 42-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Indiana State
Week 3 · W 45-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Vanderbilt
Week 8 · L 14-24
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Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Northern Illinois
Week 9 · W 25-23 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
5 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
39.7
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
18.5
1.5 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 2.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
15.6
1.5 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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