CB · Atlanta Falcons · #21

Mike Hughes

LCB1
College
North Carolina
Height
5'10"
Weight
191 lb
Experience
9th season
Passer rating allowed
130.1▲ 32.5 vs '25
82nd of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
9.7▲ 2.3 vs '25
76th of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
65.0%▲ 8.1 vs '25
66th of 86 CBs
Passes defended
4▼ 3 vs '25
46th of 86 CBs
Tackling
33 tkl
12 stops · 6 mtkl · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2025: 68Week 14Week 29Week 34Week 46Week 57Week 62Week 7

2026 game log

UsageTacklingPass rushCoverage
Game
Wk 1 @ PITL67100.022030.000850.06.302
Wk 2 vs CARL66100.051000.000475.018.500
Wk 3 @ GBW5684.872000.000966.710.800
Wk 4 @ NOW4864.942100.000450.05.301
Wk 5 vs BALL6990.862010.000650.06.800
Wk 6 vs CHIL77100.072120.0007100.013.600
Wk 7 vs SFW1726.221000.000250.05.501
Season40081.53312260.0004065.09.704

How he compares

2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

−0.58.417.326.235.111.751.090.4129.8169.2RamseyHumphreyDouglasLewisJohnsonReedReavesWardWardNixonMurphyLewisDeanRodgersHendersonJohnsonSneedRobertsonLenoirSamuel Jr.Surtain IIStokesCampbellStephensNewsome IIWoolenJobeGardnerMcDuffieWatsonStingley Jr.JonesMcCollumBlandBenfordJacksonMcMillianHillFlottEvansTaylorMcCrearyTurner IIMossBanksGonzalezBrentsWitherspoonWigginsLassiterGreenJonesStillHartAbrams-DraineBrownlee Jr.HardenWoodsWallaceMeltonPhillipsDeJeanMcKinstryMitchellThomasWalleyParrishStoutRileyMarshall Jr.BurkeHarrisWilliamsHairstonHunterBarronMassesScottMuhammadLee IIIIgbinosunTerrellCisseJohnsonDelaneMike Hughes↑ RTGY/TGT →

Contract

signed 2025 with Falcons

$18Mover 3 years
Avg. per year
$6M
Guaranteed
$9.6M 54%
2026 cap hit
$5.5M 1.8% of the cap
Signed
2025
Runs through
2027
2025
2026 · now
2027
Year 2 of 3 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons
OverallTacklingPass rushCoverage
Season
2026740081.53312215.00.00040130.10400
20251269091.1491427.30.0007297.61700
20241572071.1622249.60.00165105.00600
20231533134.920929.50.0001986.30100
20221456363.5471937.40.02456126.20100
20211750844.4471206.10.00061100.71640
2020417360.5136023.50.00016126.30100
20191449952.5456112.20.0006791.91920
2018624363.6209015.40.00030104.01311
Career1044,12760.23361091410.40.025426106.143871