Martell Hughes
Arizona State Sun Devils
74
Average

Martell Hughes

Arizona State Sun DevilsAverage
WLBDefenseAverage
Projected Starter

Is Martell Hughes starting?

Martell Hughes is the projected starter at WLB for Arizona State Sun Devils.

Junior · #8 · 6'2", 230 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Arizona State Sun Devils

  1. 1874Martell HughesStarter
  2. 21359Prayer Young-Blackgoat
  3. 35456Isaiah Iosefa
  4. 43446Oscar Aguilar Jr.
  5. 54846Lee Fuimaono

Arizona State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Madison, ranked #1,421 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 39 tackles, 2 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 74 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,421 Natl2-Yr Total54 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share3%
San Diego, CA
Jersey
#8
Class
JR
Height
6'2"
Weight
230 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20253920
20241500

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8550
National Rank
#1421
High School
Madison
Hometown
San Diego, CA

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated defense; 71th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 74.

Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 71% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11WHAWTKL 10
TKL
10
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-12

Oct 4LBAYTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 55-19

Sep 19WKUTKL 11
TKL
11
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 24-17

Sep 12LTA&MTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 48-20

Sep 6WMORGTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 70-7

Martell Hughes's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

39 tkl · 2 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement21%
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