2005-07: Joined the Wayne State football team in the fall of 2007 ... has been a full-time student at WSU since the fall of 2005.

High School: A 2005 graduate of River Rouge High School ... had 32 receptions for 836 yards and six touchdowns as a senior in 2004 for coach Carl Jackson ... had four catches for 136 yards vs. Lincoln Park as a senior ... served as a baseball team captain for the Panthers as a senior ... played two years of baseball as a third baseman and pitcher ... originally signed with Grand Valley in Feb. 2005.

Personal: Full name--Russell R. Hughes ... born July 20, 1987, in Detroit ... son of Russell Hughes, Jr., and the late Kim Hughes ... has two younger brothers, Cornelius and Ronnell ... is a civil engineering major.