The Florida State Seminoles are welcoming 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 and is originally from Melbourne, Australia, and stands 6-foot-5, weighing 235 pounds. He has three years of eligibility remaining and owns a 4.0 GPA. He has a respectable social media following as well, and this article sheds some light on his uniqueness.
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Hughes had quite a year in New Mexico after spending his prior season in JUCO. He put up numbers that weren’t school records only due to lack of total number of punts in New Mexico’s excellent offense. His net average of 43.6 yards per punt (on 37 total punts) would have been good for the second-best mark in Mountain West Conference history in addition to becoming a New Mexico school record.
From his bio:
Ray Guy Award semifinalist after serving as New Mexico’s punter for 12 games in 2025…punted 41 times for 1,863 yards for an average of 45.4 yards per punt…pinned 13 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 13 punts of at least 50 yards…honorable mention All-Mountain West punter…career-long 64-yard punt came at San Jose State…Lobos ranked 10th nationally with 43.02 net yards per punt in 2025…played 10 games at City College of San Francisco before transferring to UNM…punted 49 times for a 37.3-yard average…played Australian Rules Football for the Northern Bullants in 2021 and 2022.
