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Brenden Hughes

RCB  •  RETIRED @ Age 30 (End of 2026 season)  •  Current Age: 39
5' 10", 181 lbs Draft: Round 22, Pick 26 (2020) Drafted By: Kansas City Chiefs College: Baylor Player_ID: 1278 Yrs Pro: 7 Cap Cost: N/A

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2025 HOU 8 0 3 3.5 1 - - 0.0 1 0 0 1.4 0 - - 1 4 - - - 0 0 - 1.2 0.090
2024 DEN 16 9 34 6.6 7 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 5 28 - - - 1 1 - 3.8 0.350
2023 KCY 16 6 9 4.3 3 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 2 6 - - - 0 0 - 2.5 0.270
2022 KCY 16 1 24 6.2 8 - - 0.0 1 0 0 0.3 0 - - 4 22 - - - 0 0 - 3.7 0.490
2021 KCY 16 4 34 9.1 16 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 4 28 - - - 1 0 - 3.5 0.440
2020 KCY 16 8 33 6.1 6 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 1 34 - - - 0 0 - 4.7 0.550
Career 88 28 137 6.5 41 - - 0.0 2 0 0 0.1 0 - - 17 122 - - - 2 1 - - -

Returns Stats

Yr Tm GP GS PR PR Yds Y/PRet PR TD PR TD% KR KR Yds Y/KRet KR TD KR TD% Pen RetAV NAV
2025 HOU 8 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.090
2024 DEN 16 9 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.350
2023 KCY 16 6 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.270
2022 KCY 16 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.490
2021 KCY 16 4 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.440
2020 KCY 16 8 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - 0.0 0.550
Career 88 28 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -

Defensive Stats

Yr Tm GP GS Tkl Tkl% Ast TFL TFL% Sk Hur QBkd PB PR% Int ThA ThA% PD PA PD% PA% BPA FF FR Pen DAV NAV
2023 KCY 1 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 0 - - - 0 0 - - -
2020 KCY 2 0 5 6.7 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 5 - - - 0 0 - - -
Career 3 0 5 6.3 1 - - 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 - - 0 5 - - - 0 0 - - -

Returns Stats

Yr Tm GP GS PR PR Yds Y/PRet PR TD PR TD% KR KR Yds Y/KRet KR TD KR TD% Pen RetAV NAV
2023 KCY 1 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
2020 KCY 2 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -
Career 3 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - - - -

Salary Information

Year Salary Bonus Cap Cost Cap Percentage

Ratings History

Year Scout Type Age RD MM ZN BR PD PH IN PR KR EN ST Overall Potential
2020 Pre-Camp 24 64 32 54 75 62 17 25 0 0 31 66 50 50
2020 Post-Camp 24 52 29 60 93 57 16 25 0 0 26 57 52 52
2021 Pre-Camp 25 56 30 58 88 55 17 20 0 0 28 60 51 51
2021 Post-Camp 25 57 32 60 90 56 18 20 0 0 28 61 52 52
2022 Pre-Camp 26 56 31 60 90 56 18 20 0 0 28 60 52 52
2022 Post-Camp 26 78 38 49 62 45 21 30 0 0 38 79 49 49
2023 Pre-Camp 27 78 38 49 61 45 21 30 0 0 38 80 49 49
2023 Post-Camp 27 74 35 47 61 42 16 24 0 0 30 80 46 46
2024 Pre-Camp 28 74 36 47 61 41 16 25 0 0 30 80 47 47
2024 Post-Camp 28 54 28 55 95 51 14 16 0 0 19 60 50 50
2025 Pre-Camp 29 54 28 56 96 52 14 16 0 0 19 59 50 50
2025 Post-Camp 29 74 31 39 57 33 6 16 0 0 23 81 41 41
2026 Pre-Camp 30 74 30 37 54 32 6 15 0 0 22 80 40 40
2026 Post-Camp 30 72 19 28 47 24 6 6 0 0 14 80 33 33

Transactions

Year Team Transaction
2021 Kansas City Chiefs signed a renegotiated contract: 5yrs, $10,060,000
2024 Kansas City Chiefs released
2024 Denver Broncos signed as a free agent: 1yr, $990,000
2025 Houston Texans signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,160,000
2026 Denver Broncos signed as a free agent: 1yr, $1,190,000
2026 Denver Broncos released