Makhi Hughes

RB · #21 · Houston · SR · 6'0" · 210 · Birmingham, AL

Transferred from ORE · Projected RB starter

70 2025 rush yards
0 2025 total TDs
2% Team touch share
2 Explosive plays
34 Career games (23 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCarries Rush yds YPC Rec Rec yds TD
2025 Oregon6017 70 4.1 2 24 0
2024 Tulane1414265 1,401 5.3 19 176 17
2023 Tulane149258 1,378 5.3 11 67 7

2025 Percentile vs RBs

Rush yards per game 11.7 23
Yards per carry 4.1 27
Receiving yards per game 4.0 36
Total TDs 0 0

Around Makhi

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production
QB Conner Weigman QB · 2,705 pass yds · 13g
WR-X Koby Young WR · 191 rec yds · 13g
WR-Z Trent Walker WR · 823 rec yds · 12g · at ORST
WR-SL Amare Thomas WR · 966 rec yds · 13g
TE Patrick Overmyer TE · 344 rec yds · 13g · at UTSA

The situation

Houston 2025 offense ›
Explosive play rate 10.4% 33
Red zone TD rate 72.9% 69
Line yards per carry 2.6 62
Sack rate allowed 4.9% 73

2025 Game log

with Oregon
WkOpponentCar Tgt Rec Yds TD RZ opps
W1Montana State Bobcats1 1 1 6
W2 OKST9 30 1
W3 @ NW1 5
W4 ORST6 1 1 53 2

Recruiting

2022 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2022 board
#1156 Tyler Gillison DL · Pickerington Central CIN
#1156 Cincear Lewis S · Kalamazoo Central CIN
#1156 Makhi Hughes RB · Huffman TULN
#1156 Nasir Bowers CB · Lakeland TOL
#1167 Gage Stenger LB · Millard South NEB
RBs in the class
#80 Jaiden Credle Carver NIU
#81 Tae Meadows Handley TROY
#82 Makhi Hughes Huffman TULN
#83 Jabari Bates St. John Bosco SJSU
#84 Dareion Murphy Floresville
2025 · 23th pctile of RBs
Recruit · 55th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.