[5][6] Hughes, along with quarterback Matt Rodgers and the running tandem of Nick Bell and Tony Stewart, helped lead the Hawkeyes back to the 1991 Rose Bowl where Iowa lost to Washington 46–34.
Iowa also was invited to the 1991 Holiday Bowl the next season in Danan’s junior year and played BYU to a 13–13 tie.
Hughes admitted in an interview on 1600 KGYM's "Balbinot and Brommelkamp" radio show in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on September 27, 2011, the celebration was premeditated.
[9] He decided to make football his full-time profession after college when the Kansas City Chiefs selected him in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL draft.
On July 17, 2020, it was announced that Danan would be joining the Kansas City Chiefs' radio broadcasting team as an analyst.