Dalton Hughes

Height:
6-3
Weight:
218
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Tupelo, MS
High School:
Tupelo HS
Prev School:
South Alabama

Prior to Tulane: Played four years at South Alabama… 2025: Appeared in all 12 games for the Jaguars while making four starts...Finished the year with 40 tackles and a tackle for loss...Recovered a fumble against North Texas ...Made a season-high 10 tackles in his final game in a South Alabama uniform at Texas State...Tallied six tackles in back-to-back games against Georgia State and Louisiana…2024 : Played in just three games due to injury ... made 14 tackles in the three games he played, including one for loss ...Recorded sacks in back-to-back wins over Troy and ULM ...Made a season-high seven tackles in a homecoming win over ULM ...Recorded tackles for loss in each game he played…2023: Played in all 13 games for the Jaguars on the year...Played primarily in a special teams role...Made 10 tackles on the season, seven of which were solo stops ... recorded a tackle for loss in the regular-season finale at Texas State...Notched a quarterback hurry in a win over Arkansas State...Made three tackles in South's 68 Ventures Bowl Championship over Eastern Michigan...Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District for outstanding academic achievement...Named to the 2024 NFF Hampshire Honor Society…2022: Saw action in 10 games, used primarily on special teams...Missed three games...Recorded a pair of tackles on the season... Recorded first career tackle against Louisiana...Also recorded a tackle against Western Kentucky in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl...Prior to South Alabama: A three-star 247Sports.com prospect, ranking among the organization’s top 35 recruits in Mississippi ...Also earned two stars from Rivals.com...A three-year letterwinner at Tupelo High, helping the Golden Wave to a 21-12 record while earning a berth in the state playoffs each season during that stretch ...Made 21 tackles in the first two games of his senior year before suffering a season-ending foot injury...Credited with 56 stops including 5½ sacks as a junior when THS reached the state 6A playoffs on the way to a 7-5 finish...Also returned his only interception for a touchdown…Personal: Son of Corey and Alisha Hughes