Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Middle Tennessee
Parker Hughes
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Elizabethton, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Parker Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Parker Hughes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Elizabethton, TN wearing No. 9, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Parker Hughes' career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 240
- NFL Team
- Jacksonville Jaguars
Parker Hughes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Parker Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 211
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Parker Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 211
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- UTEP
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 7 · Pick 24 · Jacksonville Jaguars
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 89 tackles · LB 72nd (top 6%) · Conference USA 10th (top 2%) · National 96th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 12 | 53 | 7 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 9 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 31.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 11 | 89 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 57.3 |
Related Context
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Parker Hughes played LB for Middle Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, Parker Hughes recorded 211 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 12.5 primary output with 28.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40.7 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: Sam Houston
Win 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 · Middle Tennessee
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
40.7
Usage
9.6
Consistency
40.4
Best Game by takeover score
Sam Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 2. Wisconsin: 0.5. Nevada: 1. Marshall: 0. Kennesaw State: 1. Missouri State: 0.5. Delaware: 0.5. Florida International: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Sam Houston: 2. New Mexico State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 9 by 57.5. Wisconsin: 5 by 25.8. Nevada: 7 by 39.2. Marshall: 14 by 50. Kennesaw State: 7 by 39.2. Missouri State: 4 by 21.7. Delaware: 8 by 38.3. Florida International: 5 by 20.8. Western Kentucky: 11 by 55.8. Sam Houston: 7 by 49.2. New Mexico State: 12 by 50
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Sam Houston
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Austin Peay
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ New Mexico State10+ tackles | W 31-24 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Sam HoustonSplash game | W 31-17 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Western Kentucky10+ tackles | L 26-42 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Florida International | L 30-56 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/22 | @ Delaware | L 28-31 | 8 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/8 | vs Missouri State | L 20-22 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kennesaw State | L 16-24 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Marshall10+ tackles | L 28-42 | 14 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Nevada | W 14-13 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Wisconsin | L 10-42 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Austin PeaySplash game | L 14-34 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Parker Hughes story
Parker Hughes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Elizabethton, TN wearing No. 9, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Parker Hughes' career was his defensive production: 211 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Middle Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Parker Hughes' production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Middle Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Parker 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
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Middle Tennessee
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 12.5 | 28.8 | 7.6 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 34.4 | 7.3 | -9.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 8.5 | 40.7 | 9.6 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTEP
Week 10 · W 20-13 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
90 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#2
vs UTEP
Week 12 · W 34-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 135 Sam Houston
Week 13 · W 31-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Austin Peay
Week 1 · L 14-34
2
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 7 · W 31-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
12.5 primary output · 28.8 efficiency · 7.6 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
57.3
8.5 primary · 40.7 efficiency · 9.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
31.6
3 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 7.3 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
7
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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