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Former coach: UCF transfer Mike Hughes is 'gift from God' for Knights

Brace yourselves, UCF fans. If his former coaches are right, you are all in for a treat once Mike Hughes hits the football field in a Knights uniform.

Coaches who have had the pleasure of coaching him rave about him.

His highlight film proves his greatness.

Hughes is, as Garden City Community College head coach Jeffrey Sims said, “A gift from God,” for the UCF football program. “He’s a future NFL Draft pick.”

A couple of unfortunate forks in the road of Hughes’ path to the NFL – and his former coaches have no doubts that he is headed for the league – have led Hughes to UCF and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the Knights.