Montori Hughes
{{Short description|American football player (born 1990)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Montori Hughes
| image = Montori Hughes.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hughes with the Giants in 2016
| current_team =
| number = 94, 95, 79, 97
| position = Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|8|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lbs = 350
| high_school = Murfreesboro (TN) Siegel
| college = Tennessee–Martin
| draftyear = 2013
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 139
| pastteams = * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2013}}–{{NFL Year|2014}})
- New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2015}}–{{NFL Year|2016}})
- Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2017}})*
- Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2018}})*
- Memphis Express ({{AAF Year|2019}})
- Los Angeles Wildcats ({{XFL Year|2020}})
| status =
| highlights = * First-team All-OVC (2012)
| statseason =
| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 25
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 1
| statlabel3 = Total tackles
| statvalue3 = 23
| statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue4 = 1
| pfr = HughMo00
}}
Montori Hughes (born August 25, 1990) is a former American football nose tackle. He played college football at University of Tennessee at Martin, and was selected in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts. He was also a member of the New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Memphis Express, and Los Angeles Wildcats.
Early life
Hughes was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He attended Siegel High School in Murfreesboro, where he was a three-year starter and led the Siegel Stars high school football team in tackles with 106, tackles-for-loss with 25 and sacks with 13 as a senior in 2007. He was named the Region 4-5A Defensive MVP, all-region, all-area and all-county and participated in the Toyota East-West All-Star Classic in 2007. Also starring in basketball, Hughes averaged double figures in scoring and rebounding for Siegel High School.
Rated only a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hughes was not ranked among the best defensive tackle prospects in the nation.{{Citation |work=Rivals.com |title=Montori Hughes Recruiting Profile |url=http://www.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=77095&sport=1 }} Scout.com, which listed Hughes as a three-star recruit, ranked him as No. 49 overall defensive tackle in the 2008 class.{{Citation |work=Scout.com |title=2008 Defensive Tackle Ranking |url=http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=4&pid=22&yr=2008 }} Jamie Newberg of Scout.com later admitted that recruiting services overlooked Hughes: "Right now, to me, he may be the best prospect in the state when it's all said and done. And we just flat missed him."{{Citation |date=February 7, 2008 |title=Vols sign Williams 4th time |newspaper=Chattanooga Times Free Press |url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/feb/07/vols-sign-williams-4th-time/ |access-date=August 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822133700/http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/feb/07/vols-sign-williams-4th-time/ |archive-date=August 22, 2009 |url-status=dead }}
Hughes had scholarship offers from Jacksonville State and Tennessee State, but committed to Tennessee after head coach Phillip Fulmer offered him a scholarship. Fulmer compared Hughes to former Vols defensive tackle Justin Harrell, who transformed from a little-known recruit to a first-round pick in the 2007 NFL draft.
College career
Hughes originally signed with the University of Tennessee in January 2008, but failed to qualify academically. He spent several months at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia, before enrolling at Tennessee in January 2009.{{Citation |last=Callahan |first=Ryan |date=August 10, 2009 |title=Freshmen see opportunities for playing time|newspaper=The Daily Times |url=http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20090810/SPORTS/908099875 }} Hughes had bulked up from 275 to 310 pounds in little over a year, and emerged as one of the Tennessee Volunteers football team's most talented defensive freshman. He was expected to play in Tennessee's 2011 season opener; however, Hughes was dismissed from the team on June 9, 2011, by head coach Derek Dooley.
Hughes subsequently transferred to the University of Tennessee at Martin, and played for the UT Martin Skyhawks football team in 2011 and 2012.
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 4
| weight = 329
| dash = 5.23
| ten split =
| twenty split =
| shuttle = 4.70
| cone drill = 7.85
| vertical = 26+1/2
| broad ft = 8
| broad in = 8
| bench = 22
| wonderlic =
| arm span = 32+5/8
| hand span = 10+1/8
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/montori-hughes?id=2539944 |title=NFL Events: Combine Player Profiles - Montori Hughes |website=NFL.com |access-date=March 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113223447/http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/montori-hughes?id=2539944 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/dsprofile.php?pyid=83083&draftyear=2013&genpos=DT | title=Hall of Football }}
}}
=Indianapolis Colts=
Hughes was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2013 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2013/draft.htm |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} On September 5, 2015, Hughes was waived by the Colts.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.colts.com/2015/09/05/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-102/|title=Indianapolis Colts Make Roster Moves|work=blogs.colts.com|date=September 5, 2015|access-date=September 6, 2015|archive-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907133846/http://blogs.colts.com/2015/09/05/indianapolis-colts-make-roster-moves-102/|url-status=dead}}
=New York Giants=
On September 7, 2015, Hughes was signed to the New York Giants' practice squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Young-players-earn-their-way-onto-53-man-roster/dba93312-fcd8-4574-8409-66730b14cdcb |title=Young players earn their way onto 53-man roster |last=Eisen |first=Michael |date=September 7, 2015 |website=Giants.com |access-date=September 9, 2015}} On November 10, 2015, he was elevated to the active roster.{{cite web |url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-add-DT-Montori-Hughes-to-active-roster-Johnathan-Hankins-to-IR/88290d1d-ed63-4a2d-a77b-0026e2b04fd0 |title=Giants add DT Montori Hughes to active roster; Johnathan Hankins to IR |last=Eisen |first=Michael |date=November 10, 2015 |website=Giants.com |access-date=December 10, 2015 |archive-date=December 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209124114/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-add-DT-Montori-Hughes-to-active-roster-Johnathan-Hankins-to-IR/88290d1d-ed63-4a2d-a77b-0026e2b04fd0 |url-status=dead }}
On September 4, 2016, Hughes was released by the Giants.{{cite web|title=Giants announce practice squad; claim DT Robert Thomas|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-announce-practice-squad-claim-DT-Robert-Thomas/e8402e2e-7f9b-4c94-95db-b9d10f79333e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909053715/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-announce-practice-squad-claim-DT-Robert-Thomas/e8402e2e-7f9b-4c94-95db-b9d10f79333e|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2017|last=Eisen|first=Michael|website=Giants.com}} On September 13, 2016, Hughes was re-signed by the Giants.{{cite web|title=Giants sign DT Montori Hughes; release Kicker Randy Bullock|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-sign-DT-Montori-Hughes-release-Kicker-Randy-Bullock/2a7edc23-a83b-42d7-8cab-5c7f83235778|last=Eisen|first=Michael|website=Giants.com|access-date=September 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914231820/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-sign-DT-Montori-Hughes-release-Kicker-Randy-Bullock/2a7edc23-a83b-42d7-8cab-5c7f83235778|archive-date=September 14, 2016|url-status=dead}} He was released on October 11, 2016.{{cite web|title=Giants sign DB Coty Sensabaugh, promote CB Deontae Skinner from practice squad|url=http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-sign-CB-Coty-Sensabaugh-promote-LB-Deontae-Skinner-from-practice-squad/4326d356-5206-4e4e-a22a-bf290826ea3e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908111900/http://www.giants.com/news-and-blogs/article-1/Giants-sign-CB-Coty-Sensabaugh-promote-LB-Deontae-Skinner-from-practice-squad/4326d356-5206-4e4e-a22a-bf290826ea3e|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2017|author=Eisen, Michael|date=October 11, 2016|website=Giants.com}}
=Kansas City Chiefs=
On January 31, 2017, Hughes signed a reserve/future contract with the Chiefs.{{cite web|title=Chiefs Signed Six Players to Reserve-Future Deals This Offseason|url=http://www.chiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-Signed-Six-Players-to-Reserve-Future-Deals-This-Offseason/85d976e0-aa8f-438e-a6f8-ef8e8f3d1161|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805060222/http://www.chiefs.com/news/article-2/Chiefs-Signed-Six-Players-to-Reserve-Future-Deals-This-Offseason/85d976e0-aa8f-438e-a6f8-ef8e8f3d1161|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 5, 2017|author=Kissel, BJ|website=Chiefs.com|date=March 7, 2017}} He was released on August 4, 2017.{{cite web|title=Chiefs waive DT Montori Hughes|url=http://chiefswire.usatoday.com/2017/08/04/chiefs-waive-dt-montori-hughes/|author=Roesch, Wesley|website=ChiefsWire.com|date=August 4, 2017}}
=Washington Redskins=
On January 3, 2018, Hughes signed a reserve/future contract with the Washington Redskins.{{cite web|title=01/03: Redskins Make Roster Move|url=http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/0103-Redskins-Make-Roster-Move/f819ed4d-9fe8-4ff2-9646-5de0e202b243|website=Redskins.com|date=January 3, 2018}} He was released on April 30, 2018.{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Charean|title=Washington cuts six players, including A.J. Francis, Montori Hughes|url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/04/30/washington-cuts-six-players-including-a-j-francis-montori-hughes/|website=Pro Football Talk|date=April 30, 2018|access-date=April 30, 2018}}
=Memphis Express=
In 2019, Hughes joined the Memphis Express of the Alliance of American Football.{{cite news|last=Munz|first=Jason|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/2019/01/30/aaf-memphis-express-sets-roster-alliance-football-training-camp-mettenberger-singletary-hackenberg/2699085002/|title=AAF: The Memphis Express set their initial 52-man roster. Who made the cut?|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|date=January 30, 2019|access-date=February 6, 2019}} The league ceased operations in April 2019.{{Cite web |last=Rothstein |first=Michael |last2=Wickersham |first2=Seth |date=June 13, 2019 |title=Inside the short, unhappy life of the Alliance of American Football |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/26957796/inside-short-unhappy-life-alliance-american-football |access-date=January 9, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}
=Los Angeles Wildcats=
Hughes was drafted by the Los Angeles Wildcats during the 2020 XFL Supplemental Draft held on November 22, 2019. He signed with the team during mini-camp in December 2019. He was waived on February 15, 2020.{{cite web |title=XFL Transactions |url=https://www.xfl.com/xfl-transactions |website=XFL.com |access-date=February 16, 2020}}
References
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External links
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- [https://archive.today/20130205124930/http://www.utmsports.com/athlete.cfm?id=2155&sport=Football Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks bio]
- [http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hughes_montori03.html Tennessee Volunteers bio]
- [http://www.colts.com/team/roster/Montori-Hughes/0689daff-c935-494c-b32f-c50fbfc0be56 Indianapolis Colts bio]
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