Atlanta Falcons · CB (DB) · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · UCF (2018 Round 1, Pick 30)

Mike Hughes

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57.7

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #92 of 218 qualified DBs

Combined tackles: 3322 solo · 11 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 00 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 20 forced fumbles
Coverage: 5 PD · 0 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 40851.0 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: −0.041Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

Mike Hughes among the 218 qualified defensive backs: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Lake94.1
Hooker92.2
Williams91.1
Robertson89.2
Battle88.4
Reed87.6
Lassiter86.2
Jones85.2
Parrish84.6
Hughes#9257.7

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 218 qualified DBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per game, regressed30% weight · Raw 0.79 → Shrunk 47.30

55thpercentile

Coverage disruptions per game16% weight · Raw 0.02 → Shrunk 0.60

73thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game22% weight · Raw 0.08 → Shrunk 5.07

50thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 1.6% → Shrunk 1.6%

69thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed9% weight · Raw 4.3% → Shrunk 3.9%

53thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 6.4% → Shrunk 6.0%

44thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw −0.041 → Shrunk +0.014

74thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for Mike Hughes. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	TFL	PD	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	@ PIT	L 13-20	2	2	0	2	67
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	vs CAR	L 3-34	5	2	0	0	66
Week 3	Sep 24, 2026	@ GB	W 35-14	7	6	0	0	56
Week 4	Oct 5, 2026	@ NO	W 45-24	4	3	1	1	48
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs BAL	L 23-30	6	3	0	0	69
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	vs CHI	L 23-31	7	5	1	0	77
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	vs SF	W 29-20	2	1	0	1	17
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	@ TB	L 0-16	0	0	0	1	8

College to the NFL: UCF to Atlanta Falcons

Verified identity bridge linking Mike Hughes's college regular-season tackles at UCF to official NFL game lines.

UCF (College tackles)

442017

3030th pick
2018 Draft

ATL (NFL tackles)

202018

452019

132020

472021

472022

202023

622024

492025

332026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 9 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2018	MIN	6	20	17	3	0	0	3	1	1	243
2019	MIN	14	45	39	6	1	0	9	1	2	499
2020	MIN	4	13	9	4	0	0	1	0	0	173
2021	KC	17	47	40	7	0	0	6	1	4	508
2022	DET	16	47	31	16	3	2	1	0	0	563
2023	ATL	15	20	13	7	2	0	1	0	0	331
2024	ATL	15	62	47	15	4	0	6	0	0	720
2025	ATL	12	49	38	11	2	0	7	1	0	690
2026 (so far)	ATL	8	33	22	11	2	0	5	0	0	408

Compare Mike Hughes with top defensive backs

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Mike Hughes vs. Quentin Lake (LA)Score 57.7 vs. 94.1 Mike Hughes vs. Amani Hooker (TEN)Score 57.7 vs. 92.2 Mike Hughes vs. Evan Williams (GB)Score 57.7 vs. 91.1 Mike Hughes vs. Amik Robertson (WAS)Score 57.7 vs. 89.2 Mike Hughes vs. Jordan Battle (CIN)Score 57.7 vs. 88.4 Mike Hughes vs. D.J. Reed (DET)Score 57.7 vs. 87.6