Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Notre Dame
Elijah Hughes
DL • 6'3" • 297 lbs • Arlington, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Elijah Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- USC • Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Elijah Hughes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Arlington, VA wearing No. 56, spending time with Notre Dame and USC. The clearest part of Elijah Hughes' career was his...
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- Committed To
- USC
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Elijah Hughes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Elijah Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Elijah Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Washington-Liberty · USC
- High school pipeline
- Washington-Liberty · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 56 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DL 331st (top 31%) · FBS Independents 31st (top 34%) · National 1,960th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | USC | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 51.5 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | USC to Notre Dame | P4 to G5/FCS | 80 | Jan 12, 2025 |
Elijah Hughes played DL for USC and Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, Elijah Hughes recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 6 primary output with 16.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.4 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Notre Dame.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: NC State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
16.4
Usage
4.5
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
NC State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 1. Arkansas: 0. Boise State: 0. NC State: 2. USC: 1. Boston College: 0. Navy: 0. Syracuse: 1. Stanford: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. NC State: 3 by 32.5. USC: 2 by 18.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
NC State
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Stanford | W 49-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Syracuse | W 70-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Navy | W 49-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Boston College | W 25-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs USC | W 34-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs NC StateSplash game | W 36-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boise State | W 28-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Arkansas | W 56-13 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Purdue | W 56-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Elijah Hughes story
Elijah Hughes built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Arlington, VA wearing No. 56, spending time with Notre Dame and USC. The clearest part of Elijah Hughes' career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Elijah Hughes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
USC
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Notre Dame
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | USC | 2 | 13.6 | 4.6 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | USC | 2 | 13.6 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | USC | 2 | 11.3 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 6 | 16.4 | 4.5 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 12 · W 28-20 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 55 NC State
Week 7 · W 36-7
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 1 · W 42-28 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Nevada
Week 1 · W 66-14
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 90 Purdue
Week 4 · W 56-30
1
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
6 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 4.5 usage
51.5
#2
2023 Postseason · USC
37.6
2 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · USC
37.6
2 primary · 13.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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