Michael Huff with the Oakland Raiders, 2012
With the Oakland Raiders, 2012. Photo: Reggie Bush running – Miami Dolphins vs Oakland Raiders 2012 (2).jpg: June Rivera, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Texas, 2001–⁠05

Michael Huff

Born
Mar 6, 1983, in Irving, Texas

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Michael Huff played defensive back at Texas (2001–⁠05). He won the 2005 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2005. The Oakland Raiders took Huff in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2025.

At a glance

Best season
2005
Jim Thorpe Award, Consensus All-American and 1 more
Drafted
No. 7
Overall, 2006 NFL Draft (Oakland Raiders)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2005; Big 12 champions, 2005

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Texas2
2005Texas2
On file (2004–⁠05)4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2005134443879221033

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.

Game by game

2005 Texas 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 8vs.OklahomaW 45–⁠121
Nov 5atBaylorW 62–⁠01
2004 Texas 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 9vs.OklahomaL 0–⁠121
Nov 13atKansasW 27–⁠231

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

DrillCombine 2006
Height6′0″
Weight204 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.35 s
10-yard split1.51 sW
Vertical jump40½″
Broad jump10′5″
Bench press21 reps

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 107 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.

Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2010

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2010.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2006Oakland Raiders166900
2007Oakland Raiders167211
2008Oakland Raiders122400
2009Oakland Raiders16550.53
2010Oakland Raiders168943
2011Oakland Raiders113602
2012Oakland Raiders165102
2013Denver Broncos4800
NFL career1074045.511

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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