The Florida State Seminoles welcome a new punter to Tallahassee. Daniel Hughes, who spent the 2025 season with the New Mexico Lobos, has signed with FSU.
Hughes is 27 years old, from Melbourne, Australia, 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 235 pounds. He has three years of eligibility remaining and a 4.0 GPA. He also has a respectable following on social media and this article reveals his uniqueness.
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Hughes spent a considerable year in New Mexico after spending last season in the JUCO. The numbers he put up weren’t school records, just a lack of punt totals on New Mexico State’s outstanding offense. His net average of 43.6 yards per punt (37 total punts) would be the second-best mark in Mountain West Conference history in addition to being a New Mexico school record.
Judging from his resume:
Ray Guy Award semifinalist after 12 games as New Mexico’s punter in 2025…Punted 41 times for 1,863 yards, averaging 45.4 yards per punt…Punted 13 times inside the 20-yard line and had 13 punts of at least 50 yards…Honorable mention All-Senior punter…Career-long 64-yard San Jose State punt…No. 10 Lobosth 43.02 net yards per punt nationally in 2025…Played 10 games at City College of San Francisco before transferring to the University of New Mexico…Punted 49 times, averaging 37.3 yards…Played Australian Rules Football for the Northern Bullants in 2021 and 2022.
