Defensive end, TCU, 2006–09
Jerry Hughes
- Number
- No. 98
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 257 lb
- Hometown
- Sugar Land, TX
- Born
- Aug 13, 1988, in Sugar Land, Texas
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Jerry Hughes played defensive end at TCU (2006–09). He won the 2009 Ted Hendricks Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2008 and 2009. The Indianapolis Colts took Hughes in the first round, No. 31 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
- Best season
- 2009
- Ted Hendricks Award, Lott IMPACT Trophy and 2 more
Honors
- 2008, 2009Consensus All‑American
- 2008, 2009Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year
- 2009Ted Hendricks Award
- 2009Lott IMPACT Trophy
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 19.5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| On file | 49 | 32 | 81 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2008 TCU 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at New Mexico | W 26–3 | 1 |
| Sep 20 | at SMU | W 48–7 | 1 |
2007 TCU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | at Wyoming | L 21–24 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¾″ |
| Weight | 255 lb |
| Arm length | 33″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.69 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| Bench press | 26 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.99 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.15 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
15 seasons, 197 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Indianapolis Colts | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Indianapolis Colts | 15 | 41 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 39 | 10 | 0 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 43 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 44 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 39 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 41 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 29 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | Buffalo Bills | 13 | 20 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 26 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Houston Texans | 16 | 33 | 9 | 1 |
| 2023 | Houston Texans | 14 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Houston Texans | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 197 | 419 | 70 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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