Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Texas
Naashon Hughes
LB • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Harker Heights, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Naashon Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
76
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Naashon Hughes built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Harker Heights, TX wearing No. 40, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Naashon Hughes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Naashon Hughes, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Texas. Naashon Hughes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 57
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 6.5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Naashon Hughes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 57
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Harker Heights · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Harker Heights · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · LB 438th (top 40%) · Big 12 103rd (top 25%) · National 1,421st (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 27 | 4.5 | 4.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 41.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 7 | 30 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 49.6 |
Related Context
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Naashon Hughes played LB for Texas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Naashon Hughes recorded 57 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Texas paired 7.5 primary output with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Texas
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
28.6
Usage
8.6
Consistency
29.8
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maryland: 1. San José State: 0. USC: 0. Iowa State: 4. Kansas State: 2. Oklahoma: 0.5. TCU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Maryland: 6 by 35. San José State: 2 by 8.3. USC: 5 by 20.8. Iowa State: 3 by 52.5. Kansas State: 6 by 45. Oklahoma: 7 by 34.2. TCU: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins2 · Games = 3 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · -1.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Iowa State
Player Story
Naashon Hughes story
Naashon Hughes built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Harker Heights, TX wearing No. 40, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Naashon Hughes' career was his defensive production: 57 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Texas. 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 Naashon Hughes' production has multiple signals. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Naashon 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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Texas
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Texas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 20.2 | 3.9 | 11 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 7.5 | 28.6 | 8.6 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa State
Week 7 · W 27-6 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Iowa State
Week 5 · W 17-7 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Kansas State
Week 6 · W 40-34 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#4
vs Maryland
Week 1 · L 41-51
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Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#5
@ California
Week 3 · L 43-50
2
Havoc Plays
49.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Texas
7.5 primary output · 28.6 efficiency · 8.6 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Texas
41.9
11 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Texas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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