Charleston Hughes

Bio

Full name: Charleston Hughes

Born: Dec. 14, 1983 in Saginaw, MI (40 years old)

Retired: Dec. 30, 2023

Last Season (2022) Vitals:
  • Player classification: American
  • Height: 6′ 1″
  • Weight: 245 lbs
  • Position: DL
  • Jersey: #39
Amateur Programs
  • Northwood
  • Saginaw HS (Saginaw, MI)
14 Season Career

Active years: 2008–2019, 2021–2022
Active teams (3):

  • CGY 2008–2017
  • SSK 2018–2019, 2022
  • TOR 2021

216 career games (See notes for restrictions)

  • 202 regular season games (167 games started)
  • 10 playoff games
  • 4 Grey Cup appearances (1 championship win)
Season/Team Position Jersey Regular
GP
Playoff
GP
Grey Cup
GP
14 seasons (3 teams)
(Rank: T70th,
99th percentile,
14 CFL seasons)
202
(Rank: T299th,
97th percentile,
202 CFL games)
10 4
2008 CGY LB 39 16 -- 1
2009 CGY LB 39 8 -- 0
2010 CGY DL 39 15 1 0
2011 CGY DL 39 16 1 0
2012 CGY DE 39 18 2 1
2013 CGY DE 39 16 1 0
2014 CGY DE 39 11 1 0
2015 CGY DE 39 15 0 0
2016 CGY DE 39 18 1 1
2017 CGY DL 39 14 1 1
2018 SSK DL 39 17 1 0
2019 SSK DL 39 17 1 0
2021 TOR DL 39 9 0 0
2022 SSK DL 39 12 0 0
Weekly
2011
  • Defensive Star Week 14 (CGY)
2012
  • Defensive Star Week 9 (CGY)
2013
  • Defensive Star Week 1 (CGY)
  • Defensive Star Week 10 (CGY)
  • Defensive Star Week 18 (CGY)
2015
  • Top Performer #2 of Week 11 (CGY)
2017
  • Top Performer #3 of Week 5 (CGY)
2018
  • Top Performer #1 of Week 1 (SSK)
2019
  • Top Performer #1 of Week 6 (SSK)
Monthly
2018
  • Top Performer #2 of August (SSK)
2019
  • Top Performer #3 of July (SSK)
  • Top Performer #3 of September (SSK)
  • 2012 Team Nominee (CGY) Most Outstanding Defensive Player
  • 2013 Division Finalist (CGY) Most Outstanding Defensive Player
  • 2016 Team Nominee (CGY) Most Outstanding Defensive Player
  • 2019 Team Nominee (SSK) Most Outstanding Defensive Player