Senior safety on UTEP's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 181 lb · Mansfield, TX
Trejon Hugue
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at UTEP. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Incarnate Word — Week 1, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTEP, 34 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dana Dimel.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 15-22 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (17th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023
W 28–14
1 PD · 5 SOLO · 6 TOT
With D. Hankins — 174 rush yds (24 car) · J. Sloan — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 57 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17@ Jacksonville State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 28-14vs Incarnate Word | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ Northwestern | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-28vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to CJ Burton’s 2023 season.
Matches CJ on
Differs from CJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Devon King's junior season at East Carolina (2023).
Matches Devon on
Player DNA