Player Dossier

2012-2016

Fresno State

Brandon Hughes

OLB • 6'3" • Moorpark, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

63

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Brandon Hughes built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as an outside linebacker from Moorpark, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Brandon Hughes' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7333

Moorpark · Moorpark, CA

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Brandon Hughes, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State. Brandon Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
4
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Brandon Hughes quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · OLB
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
2-star · Moorpark · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Moorpark · 17 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
21 tackles · OLB 37th (top 52%) · Mountain West 179th (top 35%) · National 1,887th (top 34%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonFresno State00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonFresno State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonFresno State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State621401-060.8

Related Context

Brandon Hughes played OLB for Fresno State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Hughes recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 5 primary output with 22.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

22.9

Usage

8.4

Consistency

50.2

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 0. Sacramento State: 0.5. Toledo: 1.5. Tulsa: 2. UNLV: 1. Nevada: 0

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. Nebraska: 7 by 29.2. Sacramento State: 3 by 17.5. Toledo: 5 by 35.8. Tulsa: 3 by 32.5. UNLV: 2 by 18.3. Nevada: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

35.8 vs Toledo

Result
Sat 10/8@ NevadaL 22-2710000
Sun 10/2@ UNLVL 20-4522100
Sat 9/24vs TulsaSplash gameL 41-4833200
Sat 9/17@ ToledoL 17-52510.5000
Sun 9/11vs Sacramento StateW 31-3320.5000
Sun 9/4@ NebraskaL 10-4372000

Player Story

Brandon Hughes story

Brandon Hughes built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as an outside linebacker from Moorpark, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Brandon Hughes' career was his defensive production: 21 tackles and 4 tackles for loss across 6 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon 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.

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    Fresno State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonFresno State0
2013 Regular SeasonFresno State00
2014 Regular SeasonFresno State00
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State00
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State522.98.45

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulsa

Week 4 · L 41-48

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Toledo

Week 3 · L 17-52

1.5

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#3

@ UNLV

Week 5 · L 20-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

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@ Nebraska

Week 1 · L 10-43

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Havoc Plays

37.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 37.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Sacramento State

Week 2 · W 31-3

0.5

Havoc Plays

31.7 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

5 primary output · 22.9 efficiency · 8.4 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · Fresno State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Fresno State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games