Player Career

Parker Hughes Career Story

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

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

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

  1. 1

    Middle Tennessee

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee12.528.87.6
2024 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee334.47.3-9.5
2025 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee8.540.79.65.5

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.

2

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

2

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

58.9

#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