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Place of birth
  
Saginaw, Michigan

High school
  
Saginaw

Weight
  
111 kg

Status
  
Active

Name
  
Charleston Hughes

Education
  
Northwood University

CFL status
  
International

Role
  
American football player

Positions
  
Linebacker

College
  
Northwood

Height
  
1.85 m


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Date of birth
  
(1983-12-14) December 14, 1983 (age 32)

Profiles

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Charleston Hughes (born December 14, 1983) is a Canadian football defensive lineman for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Stampeders as a street free agent in 2008. He played college football for Northwood.

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Hughes has also been a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Calgary Stampeders

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Hughes joined the Stamps for the 2008 CFL season. He played in 15 of the 18 regular season games and recorded a career high 66 tackles. The Stampeders won the 96th Grey Cup against the Montreal Alouettes on November 23, 2008.

Philadelphia Eagles

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Following a successful rookie year in the CFL, Hughes joined the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He was released before playing any regular season games.

Calgary Stampeders (II)

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He returned to the CFL midway through the 2009 CFL season. Charleston Hughes finished the 2012 season ranked second in sacks with 11, trailing only Keron Williams who had 12. Hughes led the CFL in sacks for the 2013 season with 18, one shy of the franchise record of 19 set by Harold Hallman in 1986. In 2016,for the second time in his career, Hughes finished the season with the most sacks, this time with 16. For his efforts, he was named a CFL All-Star for the third time in his career and was his team's nominee for Most Outstanding Defensive Player award for a third time. Following the 2016 season Hughes and the Stamps agreed to a contract extension, keeping him with the club through the 2018 season.

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As of the end of the 2016 season his 88 career sacks are second all-time in Stampeders franchise history, trailing only Will Johnson’s total of 99.

References

Charleston Hughes Wikipedia