Hughes was recruited by TCU as a running back after rushing for 1,412 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior at Stephen F. Austin High School in Fort Bend County, Texas.
The Horned Frogs
quickly switched him to defense, and Hughes did the rest. He finished with 281/2 sacks, 401/2 tackles for loss and eight forced fumbles in a four-year career that saw him appear in 49 games, 27 as a starter.
The Colts had Hughes on their radar from the early portion of his senior season, but never let on their interest in him.
“Oh, no, I had no idea,” he said in a conference call with Indianapolis media. “I had no visits, any type of contact with the Colts.”
When Polian called to inform Hughes he would be the Colts’ first-round pick, “I was just shocked,” Hughes said. “I was excited and overwhelmed.”
Hmmm, I guess those stupid visits really don’t mean crap.
Bob says, “Don’t question Polian”
“It’s not a science,” Polian said Wednesday. “It’s an art. It’s far more art than science. Judging human beings is not easy to do. You’re going to make a lot of mistakes. Sometimes it’s bad because a guy gets injured, and other times, you just flat make a mistake in your evaluation. That happens.
“But if you make a mistake, I think it ought to be for the right reasons.”
Right. It’s an art. And Polian is Picasso while everybody else is finger painting. He gets it right more often than anybody else, on the first day, and on the second and the third and then in finding undrafted free agents. The record is there; it’s fruitless to argue.
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