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Meet the Vikings draft picks: Cornerback Mike Hughes

Cornerback Mike Hughes

Height: 5-10
Weight: 189 pounds
Age: 21
Hometown: New Bern, N.C.
College: Central Florida
Drafted: 30th overall, as the fourth Vikings cornerback drafted inside the top 60 under head coach Mike Zimmer.
Current jersey: No. 21

What we’ve learned

First impression
Hughes comes to Minnesota as a 21-year-old cornerback with just two years of major college football experience. He left Central Florida after one year, an undefeated season marking the exit of his head coach Scott Frost. Frost was the man who lured the JUCO All-American to attend UCF after Hughes starred at Garden City Community College in 2016.