Early Life
Hughes was born in Hillsboro, Illinois. Hughes has two siblings, a sister and his twin brother Mark. During high school they both played football and wrestling. Hughes went to Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Illinois, before transferring to Lincoln College, in Lincoln, Illinois and then on to Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.
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