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Defensive line, Cincinnati, to 2011
John Hughes
Lettered 2008–11 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 40
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 300 lb
- Hometown
- Gahanna, OH
- Born
- Apr 27, 1989, in Gahanna, Ohio
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John Hughes played defensive line at Cincinnati (to 2011). The Cleveland Browns took Hughes in round 3, No. 87 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Big East champions, 2009 and 2011
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008N | 13 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2.5 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 11 | 27 | 20 | 47 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 12.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| On file | 70 | 71 | 141 | 25.5 | 9 | – | 1 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Cincinnati | 40 | DL | ||
| 2010 | Cincinnati | 40 | DL | ||
| 2011 | Cincinnati | 40 | DL | 6′4″ | 300 |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 309 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅞″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.32 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′11″ | |
| Bench press | 28 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.34 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.74 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 54 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 31 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | New Orleans Saints | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 54 | 120 | 5.5 | 0 | |
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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