Senior righthander who missed all of 2022 and the first half of 2023 due to injury, but became one of the team’s top relievers late in the 2023 season … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member … transfer from Furman, which discontinued its program after the 2020 season … in his sixth college season … in 108.1 innings pitched over 56 appearances (eight starts) and four active seasons, including two at Furman and two at Clemson, he has an 8-4 record, five saves and a 3.82 ERA while allowing 96 hits (.238 opponents’ batting average) and 49 walks with 98 strikeouts.
2023: Had an 0-1 record, two saves and a 1.56 ERA in 12 relief appearances … in 17.1 innings pitched, he allowed 12 hits (.200 opponents’ batting average) and three walks with 21 strikeouts … did not allow a steal … did not allow any of his eight inherited baserunners to score … held opponents to .143 with runners in scoring position and .176 with two outs … pitched 2.0 perfect innings in relief with two strikeouts against Notre Dame on April 14 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no runs with four strikeouts against Georgia on April 18 … pitched 1.1 hitless and scoreless innings in relief with one strikeout in the second game of a doubleheader at No. 11 Boston College on April 28 … pitched 1.0 innings in relief, allowing no hits, no runs and no walks with one strikeout to record the save against No. 22 Louisville on May 6 … pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing two hits and no walks with three strikeouts at No. 8 Coastal Carolina on May 10 … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts to record the save against North Carolina on May 20 … pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with three strikeouts against No. 9 Tennessee in the Clemson Regional on June 3 … played for Cotuit in the Cape Cod League in the summer, when he was 1-0 with two saves, a 7.59 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 10.2 innings pitched over seven relief appearances.
2022: Redshirted … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … suffered an arm injury and missed the season.
2021: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 1-0 record and 4.24 ERA in 17 appearances (one start) … in 23.1 innings pitched, he allowed 20 hits (.222 opponents’ batting average) and 12 walks with 23 strikeouts … pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no earned runs with two strikeouts against Georgia Southern at North Augusta, S.C. on March 23 … pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing two hits and one earned run with six strikeouts at Boston College on March 26 … pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with four strikeouts against No. 23 Georgia on March 30 … pitched 1.1 innings in relief, allowing one hit and no walks to earn his first win as a Tiger against No. 4 Louisville on May 2 … played for Spartanburg in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, when he had a 4.56 ERA and 32 strikeouts against eight walks in 21.2 innings pitched over six starts … played for Wareham in the Cape Cod League in the summer, when he pitched 5.0 scoreless innings of three-hit ball with eight strikeouts against no walks over three relief appearances.
Before Clemson: Was 7-3 with three saves, a 4.26 ERA, .253 opponents’ batting average and 54 strikeouts against 34 walks in 67.2 innings pitched over 27 appearances (seven starts) in two seasons (2019,20) at Furman, where he was coached by Brett Harker … All-SoCon Freshman selection … two-time all-state selection at Northwestern High School … No. 15 player in South Carolina by Perfect Game … No. 6 righthander in South Carolina by Perfect Game … was 8-1 with a 1.30 ERA as a senior … was 11-1 with an 0.50 ERA in 72.0 innings pitched as a junior, when he led the team to the state title … was 5-0 with four saves as a sophomore … lettered multiple times in baseball at Northwestern High School, where he was coached by Mitch Walters.
Personal: His father, John, played golf at North Carolina (1981-84), where he was a two-time All-American and ACC Player-of-the-Year … graduated May 11, 2023 with a degree in computer science … born Robert Bryan Hughes on Jan. 7, 2001 in Gastonia, N.C.

*Courtesy Clemson Media Guide