2018 (Senior)
Appeared in all 11 games and made starts as the free safety ... Finished with a career-high 45 tackles (31 solo) ... Posted 1.5 TFLs, a forced fumble and an interception ... Posted seven tackles in the season opener vs. New Haven ... Made six tackles vs. Central Connecticut ... Posted a season-high eight tackles and a TFL at Fordham ... Collected seven solo tackles, forced a fumble and intercepted a pass in the final game of his career at Howard ... Named to NEC Academic Honor Roll.
2017 (Junior)
Appeared in and started all 11 games at free safety ... Made 36 tackles (29 solo) and broke up five passes ... Posted a career-high nine tackles (8 solo) against Wagner ... Had four other games of 4+ tackles.
2016 (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 11 games for the Bulldogs during the 2016 season ... Saw time as a safety and on special teams ... Posted 16 tackles and led the team with three interceptions ... Made five tackles and registered his first-career interception in the opener against Merrimack ... Made three tackles and returned an interception 49 yards against Maine ... Posted his third interception of the year against No. 15 Coastal Carolina.
2015 (Freshman)
Did not appear in a game for the Bulldogs in 2015.
Before Bryant
A three-year starter at quarterback and strong safety for head coach Matt Millheiser at Shoreham-Wading River … Helped the Wildcats to a 26-3 record over his three seasons and a Suffolk County and Long Island championship is senior season … Team also claimed the Rutgers Trophy … Captained the Wildcats as a senior … Named Suffolk County championship game MVP, Suffolk County Tony Cachia Division IV MVP and a finalist for the Hanson Award (County Most Outstanding Player) and the Rob Burnett Defensive Player of the Year (County Most Outstanding Defensive Player) … Earned Third Team All-New York State honors, All-Long Island First Team, All-Suffolk County and All-Division … Recorded six interceptions, threw for 1,050 yards and 13 touchdowns and rushed for 1,313 yards and 22 scores … All-County, All-Division and SWR's Tony Cachia Award recipient as a junior … All-Division as a sophomore … Also a three-year varsity letterwinner in basketball and a four-year letterwinner in lacrosse … Captain of basketball team and the Suffolk County Co-Rookie of the Year as a sophomore … Helped Wildcats to New York State title as a freshman and to the NYS Final Four as a sophomore … Honor Roll student.
Personal
The son of Jennifer and Robert Hughes … Has one brother, Connor, and one sister, Kelsey … Great Uncle, Dennis Ryan, played football at Duke in 1970.
