Punter, Virginia Tech, 2012–⁠15

A.J. Hughes

Number: No. 27
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Terre Haute, IN

A.J. Hughes played punter at Virginia Tech (2012–⁠15).

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

3,204

3,442

3,314

3,002

7–⁠68–⁠57–⁠67–⁠6

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2012	Virginia Tech	79	3,204	40.6	57	0
2013	Virginia Tech	78	3,442	44.1	64	0
2014	Virginia Tech	83	3,314	39.9	60	22
2015	Virginia Tech	70	3,002	42.9	60	0
Career		310	12,962	41.8	64	22

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2012	Virginia Tech	27	P
2013	Virginia Tech	27	P
2014	Virginia Tech	27	P
2015	Virginia Tech	27	P	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 Virginia Tech 13 games, 70 punts, 42.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 7	vs.Ohio State	L 24–⁠42	7	302	59
Sep 12	vs.Furman	W 42–⁠3	4	159	47
Sep 19	atPurdue	W 51–⁠24	5	208	51
Sep 26	atEast Carolina	L 28–⁠35	5	196	56
Oct 3	vs.Pittsburgh	L 13–⁠17	5	226	49
Oct 9	vs.NC State	W 28–⁠13	6	274	58
Oct 17	atMiami	L 20–⁠30	2	99	52
Oct 24	vs.Duke	L 43–⁠45	7	318	60
Oct 31	atBoston College	W 26–⁠10	7	284	50
Nov 12	atGeorgia Tech	W 23–⁠21	5	223	60
Nov 21	vs.North Carolina	L 27–⁠30	5	204	47
Nov 28	atVirginia	W 23–⁠20	8	348	54
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Tulsa	W 55–⁠52	4	161	57

2014 Virginia Tech 13 games, 83 punts, 39.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 30	vs.William & Mary	W 34–⁠9	3	139	48	0
Sep 6	atOhio State	W 35–⁠21	6	268	54	1
Sep 13	vs.East Carolina	L 21–⁠28	8	326	53	2
Sep 20	vs.Georgia Tech	L 24–⁠27	3	100	42	2
Sep 27	vs.Western Michigan	W 35–⁠17	5	192	56	3
Oct 4	atNorth Carolina	W 34–⁠17	7	280	51	4
Oct 16	atPittsburgh	L 16–⁠21	7	292	57	1
Oct 23	vs.Miami	L 6–⁠30	7	308	57	1
Nov 1	vs.Boston College	L 31–⁠33	7	307	60	1
Nov 15	atDuke	W 17–⁠16	8	283	49	1
Nov 22	atWake Forest	L 3–⁠6	9	332	50	2
Nov 28	vs.Virginia	W 24–⁠20	8	291	50	3
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Cincinnati	W 33–⁠17	5	196	50	1

2013 Virginia Tech 13 games, 78 punts, 44.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 31	vs.Alabama	L 10–⁠35	13	586	55
Sep 7	vs.Western Carolina	W 45–⁠3	2	86	50
Sep 14	atEast Carolina	W 15–⁠10	5	220	51
Sep 21	vs.Marshall	W 29–⁠21	5	221	50
Sep 26	atGeorgia Tech	W 17–⁠10	6	256	53
Oct 5	vs.North Carolina	W 27–⁠17	8	369	56
Oct 12	vs.Pittsburgh	W 19–⁠9	4	211	56
Oct 26	vs.Duke	L 10–⁠13	3	110	38
Nov 2	atBoston College	L 27–⁠34	3	140	48
Nov 9	atMiami	W 42–⁠24	5	208	55
Nov 16	vs.Maryland	L 24–⁠27	10	444	64
Nov 30	atVirginia	W 16–⁠6	5	220	48
Dec 31 ✦	vs.UCLA	L 12–⁠42	9	371	53

2012 Virginia Tech 13 games, 79 punts, 40.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.Georgia Tech	W 20–⁠17	6	217	48
Sep 8	vs.Austin Peay	W 42–⁠7	5	220	53
Sep 15	atPittsburgh	L 17–⁠35	4	163	53
Sep 22	vs.Bowling Green	W 37–⁠0	6	235	50
Sep 29	vs.Cincinnati	L 24–⁠27	7	321	57
Oct 6	atNorth Carolina	L 34–⁠48	5	183	45
Oct 13	vs.Duke	W 41–⁠20	4	162	52
Oct 20	atClemson	L 17–⁠38	4	145	43
Nov 1	atMiami	L 12–⁠30	5	198	49
Nov 8	vs.Florida State	L 22–⁠28	6	267	54
Nov 17	atBoston College	W 30–⁠23	7	277	48
Nov 24	vs.Virginia	W 17–⁠14	9	352	50
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Rutgers	W 13–⁠10	11	464	57

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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