Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs New Mexico State | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 53 | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 24-27vs SMU | 6 | 269 | 44.8 | 59 | 2 | |
| Total | 8 | 363 | 45.9 | 59 | 3 |
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Daniel Hughes
Junior punter for Florida State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 219 lb · Melbourne, VIC · Mount Erin College
Transferred New Mexico → Florida State for 2026
The story
3 punter for Florida State. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed with New Mexico in 2025.
- Transferred from New Mexico to Florida State in 2026.
The numbers
45.4
yards per punt · 2026
8 punts · long of 59 · 3 inside the 20
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 6 punts, 44.8 avg, vs SMU
Daniel Hughes
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jason Eck and Mike Norvell. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Mountain West.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
202512 games
- Signed with New Mexicoout of City College of San Francisco
- All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2025)
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Florida State
2025New Mexico
2026Florida State
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning
2026Florida State1-1HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Not enough tracked stats yet to summarize this season.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 34–17
2 NO · 94 YDS · 47 AVG
With A. Daniels — 202 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.0 · 30 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · S. Singleton — 42 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cannon
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.
P
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Adam Williams’s 2020 season.
Matches Adam on
Height
Class year
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Will Karoll's freshman season at Tulane (2023).
Matches Will on
In-20 rate
Yards / punt
Height
Differs from Will on
Weight (higher)
Class year (lower)
Background
BEFORE FSU: Ray Guy Award semifinalist after serving as New Mexico’s punter for 12 games in 2025…punted 41 times for 1,863 yards for an average of 45.4 yards per punt…pinned 13 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 13 punts of at least 50 yards…honorable mention All-Mountain West punter…career-lo...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology