Player Career

Makhi Hughes Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Makhi Hughes story

Makhi Hughes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 20, spending time with Oregon and Tulane. The clearest part of Makhi Hughes' career was his backfield work: 2,849 rushing yards, 540 carries, 22 rushing touchdowns, and 267 receiving yards across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Tulane. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 267 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon and Tulane.

The arc is straightforward: Makhi Hughes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulane

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Oregon

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTulane0
2023 PostseasonTulane1,44555.835.21,445
2023 Regular SeasonTulane1,44555.835.20
2024 PostseasonTulane1,57753.936.8132
2024 Regular SeasonTulane1,57753.936.80
2025 Regular SeasonOregon9444.48-1,483

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Oregon to HoustonP4 to P479.6Jan 4, 2026
2025Tulane to OregonG5/FCS to P484Jan 7, 2025

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rice

Week 9 · W 30-28 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

165

Scrimmage Yards

89.9 takeover

165 scrimmage yards and 38.7 usage.

#2

@ North Texas

Week 9 · W 45-37 · Conference game

203

Scrimmage Yards

89.3 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

203 scrimmage yards and 54.4 usage.

#3

vs UTSA

Week 13 · W 29-16 · Conference game

166

Scrimmage Yards

88.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

166 scrimmage yards and 52 usage.

#4

@ Louisiana

Week 4 · W 41-33

166

Scrimmage Yards

85.7 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

166 scrimmage yards and 39.7 usage.

#5

vs Tulsa

Week 11 · W 24-22 · Conference game

139

Scrimmage Yards

85.3 takeover

Win with 139 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

139 scrimmage yards and 39.2 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Tulane

1,445 primary output · 55.8 efficiency · 35.2 usage

81

#2

2023 Regular Season · Tulane

81

1,445 primary · 55.8 efficiency · 35.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Tulane

80.2

1,577 primary · 53.9 efficiency · 36.8 usage

Milestones

14

100+ rush yards

7

150+ scrimmage yards

7

2+ TD games