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2024 Football Roster

11 William Hughes

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 175
  • Hometown Fairfax, Va.
  • Previous School Chantilly
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Second Team All-Ivy League … Holds program record for career yards/punt (42.9) … Played in all 10 games … Punted 34 times for an average of 39.8 yards per kick with eight downed inside the 20 … Averaged 50.3 yards on three kicks, with a long of 55 in win over Brown … Set program record with an 80-yard punt against Dartmouth … Pinned Wagner inside the 20 three times in road victory.

2023: Unanimous First Team All-Ivy League selection … Enters season as Columbia's all-time leader in yards/per punt (43.8) … Led the Ivy League and ranked No. 6 in the FCS, averaging 44.0 yards per punt… Mark also which ranks No. 2 on the Lions' single-season list …  Recorded 18 kicks of over 50 yards, including a career-long 71 against Marist on Oct. 7, and pinned opponents inside the 20 on 19 occasions … Two-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week.

2022: Second Team All-Ivy League … Served as team’s starting punter for final four games of season … Averaged 43.6 yards per attempt on 16 kicks … Had three kicks inside the 20 and boomed five of 50+ yards … Punted seven times for an average of 42.6 yards with a long of 69 at Brown … Averaged 49.8 yards on four attempts with a long of 64 at Harvard … Made collegiate debut against Yale, punting four times with a long of 58.
 
2021: Did not see action in a game as a sophomore placekicker … Listed on depth chart as backup placekicker.
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Va. where he earned three varsity football letters for Head Coach Sean Curry … First Team Class 6 Region D All-Region placekicker as a senior … Two-time First Team All-Concorde District honoree as a junior and senior placekicker … Honorable Mention All-Region Class 6 Region D placekicker as a junior and as a punter as a sophomore … Earned All-Northern Virginia Honorable Mention honors by recruitNoVa.com … Kicked a career-long field goal of 47 yards … Helped lead the Chargers to an 8-3 overall record and state playoff appearance as a senior … Also played varsity soccer as a freshman … Member of the National Society of High School Scholars … Member of the National Honor Society … Volunteer activities and community service includes co-coaching a Chantilly Youth Association Spring recreational basketball team in 2018 and 2019 …
 
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2020First Year

    Place Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 150 lbs
    96
  • 97

    2021Sophomore

    Place Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 155 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2022Junior

    Place Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 155 lbs
    97
  • 11

    2023Senior

    Place Kicker/Punter
    6'0" 175 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2024Senior

    Punter
    6'0" 175 lbs
    11