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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025South Alabama
Dalton Hughes
LB • 6'3" • 227 lbs • Tupelo, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dalton Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · South Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Player Story
Dalton Hughes built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tupelo, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Dalton Hughes' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- South Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Dalton Hughes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · South Alabama. Dalton Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 67
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Dalton Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 67
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · South Alabama
- Top game
- Louisiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Tupelo · South Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Tupelo · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 40 tackles · LB 371st (top 30%) · Sun Belt 109th (top 18%) · National 917th (top 15%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Alabama | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2023 Postseason | South Alabama | 6 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Alabama | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Alabama | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 10 | 40 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Alabama to Tulane | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 77 | Jan 14, 2026 |
Dalton Hughes played LB for South Alabama. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dalton Hughes recorded 67 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Alabama.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
South Alabama paired 4.5 primary output with 22.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
19.2
Usage
4.7
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 0. Auburn: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. North Texas: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Louisiana: 1. UL Monroe: 0.5. Southern Miss: 0. Texas State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 3 by 12.5. Auburn: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 6 by 25. Louisiana: 6 by 35. UL Monroe: 5 by 25.8. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 10 by 41.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · +0.1 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
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Texas State10+ tackles | L 26-49 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Southern Miss | W 42-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ UL Monroe | W 26-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Louisiana | L 22-31 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/23 | @ Georgia State | W 38-31 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/14 | vs Arkansas State | L 14-15 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ North Texas | L 22-36 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 20-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Auburn | L 15-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Tulane | L 31-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dalton Hughes story
Dalton Hughes built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tupelo, MS wearing No. 11, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Dalton Hughes' career was his defensive production: 67 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Dalton Hughes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Alabama
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | South Alabama | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | South Alabama | 2 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2 | 10.3 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Alabama | 4.5 | 22.3 | 8.2 | 2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Alabama | 2.5 | 19.2 | 4.7 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 105 Louisiana
Week 10 · L 22-31 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Troy
Week 8 · W 25-9 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 22 North Texas
Week 5 · L 22-36 · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 9 · W 46-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas State
Week 13 · L 44-52 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · South Alabama
4.5 primary output · 22.3 efficiency · 8.2 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · South Alabama
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · South Alabama
31.1
2.5 primary · 19.2 efficiency · 4.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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