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Player Dossier
2025-2025New Mexico
P • 6'5" • 235 lbs • Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Daniel Hughes shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
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Impact Production
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Production sample still building
Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico
Snapshot
Player Story
Daniel Hughes built his college career in 2025 as a punter from Melbourne, VIC wearing No. 96, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Daniel Hughes' career was his field-position work: 39 punts, 1,756...
Read the storyDaniel Hughes, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico. Daniel Hughes shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
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Season Ledger
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
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| 2025 Postseason | New Mexico | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
Transfer Portal History
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico to Florida State | G5/FCS to P4 | 7.4 | Jan 8, 2026 |
Daniel Hughes is listed as a P for New Mexico. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
New Mexico paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Games
12
Primary Metric / G
0
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Michigan: 0. Idaho State: 0. UCLA: 0. New Mexico State: 0. San José State: 0. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 0. UNLV: 0. Colorado State: 0. Air Force: 0. San Diego State: 0
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12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
— vs Minnesota
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Fri 12/26 | @ Minnesota | L 17-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs San Diego State | W 23-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Air Force | W 20-3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Colorado State | W 20-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ UNLV | W 40-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Utah State | W 33-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Boise State | L 25-41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ San José State | L 28-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs New Mexico State | W 38-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ UCLA | W 35-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Idaho State | W 32-22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Michigan | L 17-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Daniel Hughes built his college career in 2025 as a punter from Melbourne, VIC wearing No. 96, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Daniel Hughes' career was his field-position work: 39 punts, 1,756 punting yards, and 12 punts inside the 20 across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with New Mexico. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.
The arc is straightforward: Daniel Hughes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
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New Mexico
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2025 Postseason | New Mexico | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | New Mexico | 0 | — | — | 0 |
#1 Featured game
@ No. 70 Minnesota
Week 1 · L 17-20 · Postseason
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0
Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs No. 43 San Diego State
Week 14 · W 23-17 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ No. 80 Air Force
Week 13 · W 20-3 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs No. 124 Colorado State
Week 12 · W 20-17 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ No. 57 UNLV
Week 10 · W 40-35 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · New Mexico
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2025 Regular Season · New Mexico
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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