Kicker, Columbia, 2022–⁠24

Will Hughes

Number
No. 97
Height
6′1″
Weight
155 lb
Class (2024)
Junior
Hometown
Fairfax, VA

Will Hughes played kicker at Columbia (2022–⁠24).

Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2024

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamPuntsYdsAvgLongIn 20
2022Columbia1669843.6693
2023Columbia512,24944.17118
2024Columbia331,29739.3808
Career1004,24442.48029

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Columbia97PKFr.
2023Columbia97PKSo.
2024Columbia97PKJr.6′1″155

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

2024 Columbia 10 games, 33 punts, 39.3 average
DateOpponentResultPuntsYdsLongIn 20
Sep 21vs.LafayetteW 31–⁠20275430
Sep 28atGeorgetownL 17–⁠20285430
Oct 5vs.PrincetonW 34–⁠17137370
Oct 12atWagnerW 24–⁠67254533
Oct 19atPennsylvaniaW 23–⁠173126450
Oct 26vs.DartmouthL 21–⁠245249802
Nov 1vs.YaleW 13–⁠103100440
Nov 9atHarvardL 6–⁠264152410
Nov 16atBrownW 21–⁠12296551
Nov 23vs.CornellW 17–⁠94123372
2023 Columbia 10 games, 51 punts, 44.1 average
DateOpponentResultPuntsYdsLongIn 20
Sep 16atLafayetteL 3–⁠244191563
Sep 23vs.GeorgetownW 30–⁠03134590
Sep 29atPrincetonL 7–⁠107303522
Oct 7vs.MaristW 16–⁠04187712
Oct 14vs.PennsylvaniaL 17–⁠208321514
Oct 21atDartmouthL 9–⁠204186541
Oct 28atYaleL 7–⁠357302533
Nov 4vs.HarvardL 24–⁠383120531
Nov 11vs.BrownL 14–⁠217303561
Nov 18atCornellW 29–⁠144202591
2022 Columbia 4 games, 16 punts, 43.6 average
DateOpponentResultPuntsYdsLongIn 20
Oct 28vs.YaleL 16–⁠414169580
Nov 5atHarvardW 21–⁠204199641
Nov 12atBrownW 31–⁠247298692
Nov 19vs.CornellW 45–⁠22132320

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

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