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November 1, 2017

Charleston Hughes by the numbers

Charleston Hughes during a game on Sept. 29, 2017 (Photo by Angela Burger)

Charleston Hughes, who is in his 10th season with Calgary, currently has 99 career regular-season sacks, which ties Stampeders’ all-time record held by Will Johnson. The Stamps play their final regular-season game of 2017 on Friday when they host Winnipeg and Hughes will be vying to become the outright franchise leader in career sacks.

We thought it would be fun to take a closer look at how those 99 sacks break down…

Milestones

1st sack – July 18, 2008 (Casey Printers, Hamilton)
25th sack – Oct. 1, 2011 (Darian Durant, Saskatchewan)
50th sack – Oct. 18, 2013 (Mike Reilly, Edmonton)
75th sack – July 8, 2016 (Trevor Harris, Ottawa)
99th sack – Oct. 28, 2017 (Mike Reilly, Edmonton)

Notables

  • His 99 sacks have come in 146 career games
  • Two CFL sack titles (2013 and 2016)
  • Currently has two-sack lead in bid for third league sack title
  • Has 25 games with at least two sacks
  • Has seven games with three sacks
  • Most consecutive games with a sack – 6 (first six games of 2014 season)
  • Longest stretch of games without a sack – 9 (final five games of 2009 and first four games of 2010)
  • Had 27 sacks in his first 61 games (0.44 sacks per game) and 72 in his next 85 games (0.84 sacks per game)
  • Has sacked 28 different quarterbacks
  • Most sacks against one quarterback in a single season – 7 (Mike Reilly in 2013)
  • Has sacked nine quarterbacks on two different teams – Casey Printers (Hamilton & BC), Ricky Ray (Edmonton & Toronto), Buck Pierce (BC & Winnipeg), Henry Burris (Hamilton & Ottawa), Zach Collaros (Toronto & Hamilton), Kevin Glenn (BC and Saskatchewan), Mike Reilly (BC & Edmonton), Drew Willy (Winnipeg & Toronto), Trevor Harris (Toronto & Ottawa)
  • Has sacked one player already in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Anthony Calvillo)
  • Has sacked five Most Outstanding Player winners (Henry Burris, Travis Lulay, Anthony Calvillo, Kerry Joseph, Casey Printers)
  • Has sacked one Heisman Trophy winner (Troy Smith)
  • Has sacked two former teammates (Henry Burris, Kevin Glenn) and two future teammates (Michael Bishop, Cody Pickett)
  • From July 30, 2011, to Aug. 25, 2012, eight of his 10 sacks over a 20-game period were against Saskatchewan’s Darian Durant

 

Most sacks by opposing team

Saskatchewan – 22 (3 different QBs)
Edmonton – 20 (5 different QBs)
Hamilton – 13 (5 different QBs)
BC – 11 (7 different QBs)
Ottawa – 10 (3 different QBs)
Montreal – 9 (5 different QBs)
Toronto – 9 (5 different QBs)
Winnipeg – 5 (4 different QBs)

Most sacks by QB

Darian Durant – 15
Mike Reilly – 13
Henry Burris – 8
Kevin Glenn – 7
Trevor Harris – 6
Ricky Ray – 6
Zach Collaros – 5
Quinton Porter – 4
Travis Lulay – 4

Sacks by month

June – 7
July – 21
August – 14
September – 30
October – 27