Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Oregon
Makhi Hughes
RB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Makhi Hughes leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
43
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Tulane • Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Player 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...
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- Committed To
- Tulane
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Makhi Hughes, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Tulane. Makhi Hughes leans balanced backfield option traits and 44.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 3,116
- Rushing yards
- 2,849
- Receiving yards
- 267
- Touchdowns
- 24
Quick Answers
Makhi Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 3,116
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Tulane
- Top game
- Rice
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Huffman · Tulane
- High school pipeline
- Huffman · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 94 scrimmage yards · RB 471st (top 65%) · Big Ten 191st (top 56%) · National 1,468th (top 53%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 14 | 88 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 14 | 1,357 | 1,290 | 67 | 7 | 81 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tulane | 14 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 80.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulane | 14 | 1,548 | 1,372 | 176 | 17 | 80.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon | 4 | 94 | 70 | 24 | 0 | 30.2 |
Related Context
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Makhi Hughes played RB for Tulane and Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Makhi Hughes recorded 2,849 rushing yards, 267 receiving yards, and 24 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Tulane paired 1,445 primary output with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tulane, Oregon.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rice
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 92.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Postseason · Tulane
Games
14
Scrimmage Yards / G
103.2
Efficiency
55.8
Usage
35.2
Consistency
76.7
Best Game by takeover score
Rice
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 88. South Alabama: 41. Ole Miss: 98. Southern Miss: 83. Nicholls: 32. UAB: 130. Memphis: 130. North Texas: 134. Rice: 165. East Carolina: 106. Tulsa: 139. Florida Atlantic: 81. UTSA: 166. SMU: 52
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 15 by 61.1. South Alabama: 8 by 53.4. Ole Miss: 24 by 42. Southern Miss: 14 by 61.8. Nicholls: 6 by 58.5. UAB: 23 by 58.5. Memphis: 26 by 52.1. North Texas: 22 by 63.2. Rice: 24 by 70.2. East Carolina: 26 by 43.2. Tulsa: 20 by 72.1. Florida Atlantic: 23 by 36.1. UTSA: 26 by 66.5. SMU: 12 by 43.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins109.7 · Games = 11 · +30.4 vs Losses
Losses79.3 · Games = 3 · -30.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Rice
Best efficiency game
72.1 vs Tulsa
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/27 | vs Virginia Tech | L 20-41 | 15 | 88 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Sat 12/2 | vs SMU | L 14-26 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.3 |
| Fri 11/24 | vs UTSA100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 29-16 | 26 | 166 | 6.40 | 1 | — | — | 6.4 |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 24-8 | 21 | 72 | 3.40 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Tulsa100 rush yards | W 24-22 | 19 | 131 | 6.90 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7.0 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ East Carolina100 rush yards | W 13-10 | 25 | 105 | 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.1 |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Rice100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 30-28 | 23 | 153 | 6.70 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6.9 |
| Sat 10/21 | vs North Texas100 rush yards | W 35-28 | 20 | 121 | 6.10 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6.1 |
| Fri 10/13 | @ Memphis100 rush yards | W 31-21 | 26 | 130 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs UAB100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 35-23 | 22 | 123 | 5.60 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5.7 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Nicholls | W 36-7 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.3 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Southern Miss | W 21-3 | 14 | 83 | 5.90 | 0 | — | — | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Ole Miss | L 20-37 | 23 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4.1 |
| Sun 9/3 | vs South Alabama | W 37-17 | 8 | 41 | 5.10 | 0 | — | — | 5.1 |
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
Tulane
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Oregon
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | Tulane | 1,445 | 55.8 | 35.2 | 1,445 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tulane | 1,445 | 55.8 | 35.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tulane | 1,577 | 53.9 | 36.8 | 132 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tulane | 1,577 | 53.9 | 36.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Oregon | 94 | 44.4 | 8 | -1,483 |
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
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#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
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