Elijah Hughes

AS A JUNIOR (2025) Played in all 12 games… recorded 21 tackles – 14 solo and seven assisted… notched a sack and three tackles for loss… registered three quarterback hurries… had a sack and three tackles against NC State… notched a season-high four tackles and a tackle for loss against Purdue TEXAS A&M (9/13): Saw playing time and made his Irish debut PURDUE (9/20): Registered four tackles in the win – two solo and two assisted… credited with one tackle for loss BOISE STATE (10/4): Recorded two assisted tackles NC STATE (10/11): Saw playing time for the Irish… recorded first sack of the season… logged three tackles – two solo and one assisted USC (10/18): Saw action in the win… recorded two solo tackles AT BOSTON COLLEGE (11/1): Saw playing time for the Irish… recorded two solo tackles… helped limit Boston College’s rushing offense to just 40 yards NAVY (11/9): Saw action in the win… recorded three tackles – two solo and one assisted at PITTSBURGH (11/15): Saw playing time for the Irish… recorded a quarterback hurry SYRACUSE (11/22): Recorded two tackles – one solo and one assisted… had a tackle for loss AT STANFORD (11/29): Saw action in the win… posted one solo tackle PRIOR TO NOTRE DAME (Southern California) AS A SOPHOMORE (2024) During sophomore year at USC, competed in seven games of the season with six tackles and one sack… career record of two solo tackles (at UCLA) Had an assisted tackle against Utah State Posted a solo tackle against Rutgers Had two tackles – one solo, one assisted – against Nebraska… one sack for a loss of five yards Tallied two solo tackles at UCLA AS A FRESHMAN (2023) Saw action in eight games as a true freshman in the 2023 season Recorded six tackles, including 1.5 for loss with a shared sack Had one tackle against San Jose State in debut Recorded one tackle for loss of two yards versus Nevada Tallied a tackle against Stanford Collected three tackles, including a shared sack for loss of two yards in the Holiday Bowl against Louisville PREP AND PERSONAL Selected as the 2022 6D Regional Defensive Player of the Year and the Liberty District Defensive Player of the Year while playing both offensive and defensive lineman at Washington-Liberty (Va.) HS Was the first football player from Washington-Liberty to earn those distinctions in over 20 years Named to the 2022 6D All-Region First Team and the 2022 All-Conference First Team as both an offensive and defensive lineman 2022 Team Most Valuable Player Helped the varsity make the NOVA playoffs for the first time in six years Named to the 2021 6D All-Region First Team and the 2021 First Team All-Conference as both an offensive and defensive lineman as a junior Led the defense with 113 tackles and a record-setting 13 sacks Earned All-Liberty District First Team and All-Region Second Team honors in an abbreviated sophomore season in the spring of 2021 He earned 2019 All-Conference Second Team honors after his freshman season Played basketball for Washington-Liberty and was named to the basketball 2022 6D All-Region Second Team and the All-Liberty District First Team, the Sun Gazette Sports All-Arlington Boys Basketball First Team Was also a 2021 All-NOVA Junior Boys Team Honorable Mention Competed in track and field and qualified for the 2022 state championships in throwing and placed second in the district in shot put in 2022