Tyrone Hughes

Tyrone Hughes
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Position: Cornerback / Return Specialist
Personal information
Date of birth: (1970-01-14) January 14, 1970
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school: New Orleans (LA) St. Augustine
College: Nebraska
NFL draft: 1993 / Round: 5 / Pick: 137
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 67
Interceptions: 4
Return yards: 8,410
Return TDs: 5
Player stats at NFL.com

Tyrone Christopher Hughes (born January 14, 1970) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, and the Dallas Cowboys. He attended and graduated from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, where he also ran track. Hughes played college football at the University of Nebraska and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1993 NFL Draft.

Hughes went to the Pro Bowl after his rookie season in 1993 as a kick returner. On October 23, 1994 he set the NFL record for most kickoff return yards in a single game (304) and the most combined kickoff/punt return yards in a game (347). He also had 2 kick off returns for touchdowns that same game which tied another NFL record.[1][2]

In 2015 Hughes was selected for the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pro Football Register. St. Louis, MO: Sporting News. 1999. p. 190.
  2. ↑ Mike Reilley, "Hughes Has Day of Record Returns", Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1994.
  3. ↑ Joel A. Erickson, "Michael Lewis, Tyrone Hughes announced as next inductees to Saints Hall of Fame", The Advocate, May 19, 2015.

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