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San Antonio, Texas richardson, texas Roosevelt High School pearce High School Rs-jr FR-RS JR
GP/GS: 14/0 2013 Played in 12 games, missing the Texas Tech contest (10/26). 2012 Played in two games after switching from tight end during fall camp.
High School Rated the top tight end in the state by Rivals.com ... 2010 Junior Southwest U100 TE MVP ... also recruited by Oklahoma State, TCU and Tulsa.
Career Extremely accurate kicker is a mere 40 points away from surpassing RB DeMarco Murrary (390) as the all-time leading scorer in Oklahoma history … established an OU single-season record with 24 made field goals in 2013, the second-best tally among FBS kickers a year ago … owns plenty of range with a career-long 53-yard make and has proven dependable in a variety of weather conditions … should contend for the Groza Award in 2014 and is a bona-fide All-America candidate. 2013 Semifinalist for the Groza Award ... honorable mention All-American by CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated ... All-Big 12 Second Team by coaches, AP, Athlon Sports, Phil Steele and San Antonio Express-News ... made a season-long 47 yard field goal in the Sugar Bowl vs. Alabama (1/2/14) ... caught an eight-yard touchdown pass on a fake field goal and made both field goal tries (21, 39 yards) at Oklahoma State (12/7) to earn Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... hit both field goals (30, 37 yards) and all five extra points at Kansas State (11/23) ... made both field goals (22 and 32 yards) and was a perfect 6-6 on extra points against Iowa State (11/16) ... connected from 22 yards at Baylor (11/7) ... converted one of two field goals against Texas Tech (10/26) ... went 1-1 on field goals at Kansas with a 37-yarder ... made both field goal tries (34, 37 yards) against Texas (10/12) ... was 2-2 on field goals (39, 37 yards) against TCU (10/5) to become OU’s all-time career field goal leader ... Made field goals of 27 and 19 yards at Notre Dame (9/28) ... hit all three field goals against Tulsa (9/14) ... made 3-of-4 field goal tries against West Virginia (9/7) ... made both field goal attempts against ULM (8/31) ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team. 2012 Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... finished fourth in Big 12 in successful field goal tries and in field goal conversion rate ... registered a streak of 11 straight made field goals ... made nine extra point tries vs. Florida A&M (9/8) ... tallied a season-high three made field goals, including one from a season-long of 45 yards, and made the game-tying extra point with four seconds left to force overtime vs. Oklahoma State (11/24). 2011 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention by coaches ... took over as team’s starting kicker in the third game of the season ... broke the OU and Big 12 freshman records with 21 field goals in his first year of competition .... became the first kicker in OU history to kick four field goals in two different games with four each at Kansas (10/15) and vs. Iowa State (11/26) ... tied the OU kick scoring in a game record with 17 points at Kansas (10/15) ... connected on a 53-yard field goal at Kansas State (10/29), the longest in the Bob Stoops’ era ... also had 13 kickoffs with an average of 54.2 yards per kick ... Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
V I S I T S O O N E R S P O R T S . CO M F O R T H E L AT E S T O N O U F O O T B A L L
UNIVERSITY
“I just kind of grew up with a little voice in the back of my head every single day about OU Football,” Hughes said of his grandfather. “You need to hit, you need to block. If you can do both of those things, you can play football. I guess from day one, that’s been embedded in my mind.”
Year G-GS FG-Att Pct Blk Long PAT Pct PTS 2011 12-0 21-24 87.5 0 53 55-56 98.2 118 2012 13-0 17-21 81.0 1 45 57-59 96.6 108 2013 13-0 24-27 88.9 1 47 47-48 97.9 125 Career 38-0 62-72 86.1 2 53 159-163 97.5 351
HISOTRY
Hughes is the grandson of Jack Santee (above), who served as a member of the first Oklahoma football team to capture a national championship in 1950. Santee later graduated in 1956 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Santee served as a member of the OU Board of Regents from 1968-75 as the Sooners won two more national titles under head coach Barry Switzer. The Santee Lounge on the west side of Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium honors Santee’s many contributions to the University of Oklahoma.
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PREVIEW/REVIEW
The Wrap-Up Son of Eric and Catherine Hughes ... grandfather, Jack Santee, lettered at from 1951-52 ... majoring in Spanish.
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2011 Redshirted.
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COACHING STAFF
Career Reserve interior lineman and special teams contributor entering his third season on the roster.
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BOOMER SOONER
tulsa, Okla. edison High School
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