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A tremendous punter who also serves as the backup place-kicker ... Had a breakout season as a sophomore, ranking in the top 10 nationally and finishing with the school's third-best season punting average (44.8) ... Second team all-conference, College Football News honorable mention All-American ... Also handled the majority of the kickoff duties in 2005 ... Missed first week of fall camp due to an injury to his kicking foot ... 2006 Ray Guy Award Watch List ...Third in school history in career punts (159) and yardage (6,644). 2006: Fifth in the MWC and 47th nationally in punting average (41.06) ... Career-high 12 punts at Wisconsin for 478 yards, including a long of 52 yards ... 12 punts matched a school single-game record ... Season-best 53-yarder against Utah, averaging 40.8 yards on four punts ... Matched his season best with a 53-yard punt at BYU, averaging 41.6 yards on five kicks ... Season high average of 45.7 on three punts versus Air Force, including another 53 yarder ... Career game at Wyoming, averaging 52.2 yards on five kicks, dropping one inside the 20 and booting another 64 yards ... 52.2 game average is third in SDSU history ... Just one kick vs. UNLV, leaving the game in the first quarter with a shoulder injury ... Did not play at TCU or New Mexico due to injury ... Returned to his starting role against Colorado State, averaging 45.2 yards on six kicks with a long of 51 and two dropping inside the 20. 2005: Tied for eighth nationally and was second in the conference in punting with a 44.8 avg. ... Season average is third-best in Aztec history ... Second-team all-Mountain West Conference ... Averaged 49.7 yards on six punts at Colorado State, including a 73 and 65-yarder ... Dropped four of five punts inside the 20, including two inside the five-yard line, against No. 20 TCU ... Averaged 46.8 yards on five kicks versus the Horned Frogs ... Punted six times for 278 yards (46.3 avg.) at Utah ... Averaged a career-best 51.0 yards on eight punts, including a career-long 78-yarder at UNLV ... Three of his six punts landed inside the 20-yard line in the win over San Jose State, averaging 48.8 yards and knocking one for 53 yards ... Had a career-highs of 11 punts and 483 yards, including a 58-yarder at Ohio State ... His 11 punts against the Buckeyes were just one short of the single-game school record ... Punted four times for 184 yards (46.0 avg.) at Air Force with a long of 47, garnering SDSU special teams player of the game honors ... Had four punts for 176 yards (44.0 avg.), including a long of 48, against UCLA ... Also added a solo tackle. 2004: Averaged 38 yards per punt as a redshirt freshman ... Showed the capabilities to produce the long boot with 58-yard punts at Michigan and at Air Force ... Had 55-yard efforts against Nevada and UCLA ... Ended the season with six punts over 50 yards with at least one coming in five different games ... Had 12 of his punts downed inside the opponent's 20-yard line, including three in Ann Arbor. 2003: Redshirted his first year on campus. High School: An all-league, all-county, all-CIF and second-team all-state selection at Canyon Springs ... Picked up varsity letters in football, soccer, track and cross country ... Averaged 48.1 yards per punt and placed 13-of-26 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line ... Was 4-of-4 on field goals and 32-of-34 on extra points ... Holds the school record for longest field goal (54 yards) and longest punt (70 yards). Personal: Born Oct. 1, 1984, in San Diego ... Son of Bill and Robin Hughes ... Is a kinesiology major.
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