The Coach’s Take: Fourth-year starter at wide receiver… Talented pass catcher with excellent hand-eye coordination… Is expected to make greater contributions from a leadership standpoint.
2008: Named First Team All-Southern Conference by both the league’s coaches and media members… Picked up First Team All-America recognition by the Walter Camp Football Foundation… Garnered Second Team All-FCS accolades from CollegeSportsReport.com… Named a Second Team All-America by The Associated Press… Chosen as a Second Team All-America by The Sports Network… Finalist for the Walter Payton Award… Became Elon’s and the SoCon’s all-time leader in receptions (272), touchdown receptions (36) and receiving yards (3,617)… Set a new SoCon career mark with 18 games with at least 100 receiving yards… Ranked 15th in the nation with 93.0 receiving yards per game and fourth in the country with 7.17 receptions per outing… Led the Phoenix with 86 receptions for 1,116 yards and 10 scores on his way to collecting the team’s Most Outstanding Wide Receiver award… Posted season-highs of 13 catches and 199 receiving yards in a SoCon victory at then-No. 14 Georgia Southern… Also eclipsed the 100-yard receiving mark at Stony Brook, at then-No. 21 The Citadel, vs. then-No. 4 Wofford and vs. Western Carolina… Grabbed a career-long 70-yard reception in a win at The Citadel… Scored twice on three catches in a league win at Chattanooga… Earned one SoCon Player of the Week accolade… 2007: Recipient of Elon’s Basnight Award as the school’s top male athlete… Team MVP… Led the Football Championship Subdivision in receptions (10.6) and receiving yards per game (134.0)… Finalist for the Walter Payton Award… Earned First Team All-Southern Conference recognition… Named First Team All-America by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, The Associated Press, College Sporting News, The Sports Network and CollegeSportsReport.com… Named the “Star of the Year” at wide receiver by The Sports Media Entertainment Network… Racked up an Elon record 1,474 receiving yards on a school and SoCon record 117 catches… Caught an Elon record 18 touchdowns, including four in a victory over eventual Big South Conference champion Liberty to equal an Elon single-game record… Set career-bests with a school-record 16 catches and 219 receiving yards in the win over Liberty… Posted a league record seven 100+ yard receiving games, including two games in excess of 200 yards receiving… Caught at least six passes in each game… Named SoCon Player of the Week once… Named National Offensive Player of the Week twice… Teamed with fellow receiver Michael Mayers to establish a new NCAA record for passes caught by two teammates, previously held by Jerry Rice and Joe Thomas of Mississippi Valley State, with 207 receptions… With Mayers, set a new SoCon mark for receiving yards by two teammates with 2,538… Finished the year ranked second on Elon’s career receiving yards list with 2,501… 2006: Named Second Team All-America by The Associated Press… Claimed Football Gazette First Team All-South accolades… Chosen as a First Team All-SoCon pick by the media and a Second Team All-SoCon pick by the league’s coaches… Ranked first in the league and second nationally in receiving yards per game with 102.7… Was first in the SoCon and seventh in the country, averaging 6.9 receptions per game… Became just the second Elon receiver to ever go over the 1,000-yard mark by hauling in 62 balls for 1,027 yards… Caught a team-best eight touchdown passes… Had at least 100 yards receiving in six of the 10 games in which he appeared… Made 13 grabs for a season-best 186 yards and one score against Wofford… Caught a season-high 14 passes for 159 yards and a TD against The Citadel… Had a season-best 62-yard reception in a win over Western Carolina… Threw one touchdown pass in a victory at Chattanooga… Was 3-for-3 for 42 yards passing… Dubbed as the team’s Most Outstanding Wide Receiver… 2005: Red-shirted.
Prep: Tabbed the athlete of the year in North Carolina by The Associated Press after breaking nearly every passing record in Rocky Mount High School history… Led coach B.W. Holt’s Rocky Mount squad to a 12-1 record and a conference title as a senior… Two-time all-conference honoree… Rocky Mount’s offensive player of the year… Amassed 1,687 aerial yards and 22 touchdown passes as a senior.
Personal: Son of Darius and Leslie Hudgins… Born February 24, 1987… Majoring in leisure and sport management.
