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Leadership and retirement fueling Hughes Jr.’s dream

If you are looking at the UNLV football team for heart and determination you may not have to look any further than Mike Hughes Jr.

The 6’2, 315-pound senior defensive tackle has experienced coaching changes, injuries and heart-breaking losses — but Hughes says he wouldn’t change a thing.

“If you would’ve come to me before the season and asked me if no bowl game meant a failure, I would’ve said ‘Yes.’ But what I see coming for these guys for years to come I don’t think it’s a failure because they’re going to want it so much more,” Hughes said.