Career
4 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Notre Dame#1 · 7-1 | 2 | 12% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Notre Dame#3 · 10-2 | 9 | 33% | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 |  USC#18 · 7-6 | 4 | 11% | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | USC#25 · 8-5 | 4 | 13% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Elijah Hughes's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Elijah Hughes's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 | vs Wisconsin | W 41–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2 |  Rice | W 52–0 | 5.8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  Michigan State | W 27–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 | @ Purdue | W 49–10 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 | @ North Carolina | W 37–26 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 6 |  Stanford | W 58–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ BYU | L 24–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 9 | vs Navy | W 35–13 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2026 · 2 games | 4.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 4 | 3365th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 · Rice | 46 | ~27 (11–43) | 3 | 59% |
| Wk 9 · Navy | 56 | ~24 (9–38) | 1 | 43% |
| Season | 439 | 51 (25–68) | 4 | 12% |
Position Room
20 DLs on the Notre Dame roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Boubacar Traore | DL | SR | 24 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Bryce Young | DL | 23 | 5.5 | 3 | — | 0 | ||
| 7 | Francis Brewu | DL | JR | 16 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |
| 88 | Armel Mukam | DL | SR | 15 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 0 | Tionne Gray | DL | JR | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| 10 | Loghan Thomas | DL | JR | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 |
| 44 | Rodney Dunham | DL | FR | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Keon Keeley | DL | SR | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 47 | Jason Onye | DL | SR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 56 | Elijah Hughes | DL | SR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 59 | Sean Sevillano Jr. | DL | JR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 14 | Ebenezer Ewetade | DL | FR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 42 | Cole Mullins | DL | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 91 | Gordy Sulfsted | DL | SO | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 6 | Christopher Burgess Jr. | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Dominik Hulak | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | Tiki Hola | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 60 | Davion Dixon | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 90 | Elijah Golden | DL | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 94 | Joe Reiff | DL | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Notre Dame depth chart →