← 1981 DRAFT PLAYER PROFILE R2 · #31 OVERALL · RB

David Hughes

Drafted by SEA · GM John Thompson · Boise St.

All NFL teams

Full-career context

These totals follow David Hughes across every NFL team. Draft credit is separated below for each team that selected him.

Games played74
Games started27
Weighted career AV15
Pro Bowls0
AP1 All-Pro0
Career seasons6

Accountability by draft event

What each drafting team received

1981 · Round 2 · #31

SEA draft credit

GM John Thompson

Team games69
Team starts27
On-team AV16
On-team PB / AP10 / 0
Average-0.10 contribution4th of 14 picks for this GM

Games: direct team-season record. Starts: direct team-season record.

An Average pick

David Hughes was John Thompson's 4th-best of 14 picks across his career.

His retained-value contribution score (opportunity plus quality plus recognition, with related outcomes collapsed inside each bucket) is -0.10. This is a per-pick accountability metric, separate from John Thompson's leaderboard composite θ.

The walkthrough below shows which bucket carried the pick: playing time, value quality, or league honors.

Opportunity
Did he earn the field?
Games played
69
on drafting team · 74 full-career
Games started
27
on drafting team
Snap-z
0.0
0 modeled seasons
Quality
Was that time valuable?
On-team AV
16
modeled; full weighted AV 15
AV / 1k snaps
snap-era only
AV-rate z
position-year adjusted quality
Recognition
Did the league notice?
Pro Bowls
0
all on drafting team
AP1 All-Pro
0 AP1
all on drafting team · AP2 context 0
All-Decade
0
context only

Did this pick move John Thompson's grade?

The first chart removes the time axis: every John Thompson pick is sorted by retained contribution across opportunity, quality, and recognition. David Hughes totals -0.10. The second chart breaks that same contribution into the seasons when the evidence arrived. Opportunity and quality can move separately, which keeps high-snap, low-AV profiles from looking cleaner than they are.

Aggregate contribution by player

-2-10+1+2+3+4+5+6+74. Easley#4 · Kenny Easley · aggregate +7.77Easley +7.810. Green#10 · Jacob Green · aggregate +2.76Green +2.8114. Bailey#114 · Edwin Bailey · aggregate +2.41Bailey +2.431. Hughes#31 · David Hughes · aggregate -0.10Hughes -0.1186. Scovill#186 · Brad Scovill · aggregate -0.27153. McNeal#153 · Mark McNeal · aggregate -0.53140. Durham#140 · Steve Durham · aggregate -0.54132. Jacobs#132 · Daniel Jacobs · aggregate -0.6297. Dion#97 · Terry Dion · aggregate -0.63127. Steele#127 · Joe Steele · aggregate -0.7287. Phillips#87 · Scott Phillips · aggregate -0.9158. Dugan#58 · Bill Dugan · aggregate -1.3544. Hines#44 · Andre Hines · aggregate -1.44170. Johnson#170 · Ron Johnson · aggregate -2.08Johnson -2.1

Incremental contribution by season

-7-6-5-4-3-2-10+1+2+3+41980 · Mark McNeal · incremental -0.931980 · Terry Dion · incremental -1.031980 · Daniel Jacobs · incremental -1.061980 · Joe Steele · incremental -1.181980 · Jacob Green · incremental -1.251980 · Andre Hines · incremental -2.271981 · Kenny Easley · incremental +0.341981 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.441981 · Edwin Bailey · incremental -0.191981 · David Hughes · incremental -0.221981 · Brad Scovill · incremental -0.641981 · Bill Dugan · incremental -0.921981 · Steve Durham · incremental -0.941981 · Scott Phillips · incremental -1.471981 · Ron Johnson · incremental -3.291982 · David Hughes · incremental +0.031982 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.341982 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.341982 · Kenny Easley · incremental +1.411982 · Bill Dugan · incremental -0.641983 · David Hughes · incremental +0.051983 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.231983 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.461983 · Kenny Easley · incremental +3.551983 · Bill Dugan · incremental -0.501984 · David Hughes · incremental +0.051984 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.321984 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.511984 · Kenny Easley · incremental +3.631985 · David Hughes · incremental +0.031985 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.511985 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.531985 · Kenny Easley · incremental +3.521986 · Kenny Easley · incremental +0.241986 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.411986 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.491987 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.341987 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.451987 · Kenny Easley · incremental +1.321988 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.441988 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.571989 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.421989 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.511990 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.371990 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.531991 · Edwin Bailey · incremental +0.091991 · Jacob Green · incremental +0.51Hines -2.3Hughes -0.2Johnson -3.3Hughes +0.0Hughes +0.1Easley +3.6Hughes +0.1Easley +3.6Hughes +0.0Easley +3.519806 players19819 players19825 players19835 players19844 players19854 players19863 players19873 players19882 players19892 players19902 players19912 players
Above expectationBelow expectationDavid HughesGM total +3.7David Hughes by season -0.1

How much retained production did David Hughes return vs. his slot?

Each mark below is one player's model value above slot. Light gray marks are slot-similar peers: RBs drafted within ±5 picks of David Hughes since 2010 (13 players).The score is the retained production/value bucket from the pick-residual model: on-team AV plus AV-rate quality, adjusted for draft slot, position, and era. Opportunity snaps and league honors are excluded.

0+0.5Model value above slot35. ChubbNick Chubb · model value +0.836. HallBreece Hall · model value +0.528. IngramMark Ingram · model value +0.431. MichelSony Michel · model value +0.331. MartinDoug Martin · model value +0.235. SwiftD'Andre Swift · model value +0.235. WilliamsJavonte Williams · model value 032. Edwards-HelaireClyde Edwards-Helaire · model value -0.130. BestJahvid Best · model value -0.127. PennyRashaad Penny · model value -0.131. HughesDavid Hughes · model value -0.2-0.236. YeldonT.J. Yeldon · model value -0.236. JudkinsQuinshon Judkins · model value -0.232. WilsonDavid Wilson · model value -0.4
David HughesSlot-similar peers (13)

Cumulative value over time

Year-by-year running totals since draft. Left axis = games started. Right axis = honors (Pro Bowl / AP1 / AP2). Pre-2013 picks have no games-started line because that comes from per-game snap counts (not available for older players). Honors extend back to 1980.

'82'84'860714202701Cumulative GSHonors count
Games started (cumulative) Pro Bowls AP1 All-Pro AP2 All-Pro

Full-career season history (6 scored seasons)

YearTeamGPGSSnapsSnap-zAVAV/snapPBAP1AP2
1981SEA1624
1982SEA932
1983SEA1664
1984SEA1664
1985SEA12102
1986PIT501

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