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Player Dossier
2007-2009Western Kentucky
Tyrell Hayden
RB • 5'7" • Lexington, KY, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Tyrell Hayden leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.4 efficiency.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
46
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Tyrell Hayden built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Lexington, KY wearing No. 1, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Tyrell Hayden's career was his backfield...
Read the storyTyrell Hayden, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Tyrell Hayden leans balanced backfield option traits and 47.4 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,157
- Rushing yards
- 1,117
- Receiving yards
- 40
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Tyrell Hayden quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,157
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2009
- 2009 Scrimmage yards rank
- 243 scrimmage yards · RB 221st (top 49%) · Sun Belt 65th (top 40%) · National 769th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 7 | 631 | 631 | 0 | 5 | 79.4 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 10 | 283 | 271 | 12 | 2 | 35.8 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 10 | 243 | 215 | 28 | 2 | 40.3 |
Related Context
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Tyrell Hayden played RB for Western Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Tyrell Hayden recorded 1,117 rushing yards, 40 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 631 primary output with 52.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 36.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Loss with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
10
Scrimmage Yards / G
28.3
Efficiency
36.4
Usage
13.3
Consistency
24.1
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 5. Alabama: 6. Kentucky: 9. Virginia Tech: -2. Ball State: 18. Florida Atlantic: 84. North Texas: 117. Troy: 5. Middle Tennessee: 26. Florida International: 15
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Indiana: 4 by 15.6. Alabama: 6 by 15.4. Kentucky: 5 by 28.3. Virginia Tech: 1 by 0. Ball State: 6 by 21.3. Florida Atlantic: 10 by 85. North Texas: 17 by 71.7. Troy: 7 by 3. Middle Tennessee: 6 by 45.1. Florida International: 2 by 78.1
Split Comparison
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First Half7.2 · Games = 5 · -42.2 vs Second Half
Second Half49.4 · Games = 5 · +42.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
85 vs Florida Atlantic
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/7 | @ Florida International | L 3-27 | 2 | 15 | 7.50 | 0 | — | — | 7.5 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 10-21 | 6 | 26 | 4.30 | 0 | — | — | 4.3 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Troy | L 7-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.7 |
| Sat 11/1 | vs North Texas100 rush yards | L 40-51 | 17 | 117 | 6.90 | 1 | — | — | 6.9 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 20-24 | 10 | 84 | 8.40 | 1 | — | — | 8.4 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ball State | L 7-24 | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Virginia Tech | L 13-27 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Kentucky | L 3-41 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1.8 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Alabama | L 7-41 | 5 | 9 | 1.80 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Indiana | L 13-31 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.3 |
Player Story
Tyrell Hayden story
Tyrell Hayden built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Lexington, KY wearing No. 1, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Tyrell Hayden's career was his backfield work: 1,117 rushing yards, 227 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 40 receiving yards across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 40 receiving yards and 25 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Tyrell Hayden moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2007-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 631 | 52.3 | 30.5 | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 283 | 36.4 | 13.3 | -348 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 243 | 47.4 | 10.1 | -40 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 4 · W 20-17
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
144
Scrimmage Yards
88.4 takeover
144 scrimmage yards and 40.4 usage.
#2
vs North Texas
Week 10 · L 40-51
117
Scrimmage Yards
86.7 takeover
Loss with 117 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
117 scrimmage yards and 30.9 usage.
#3
@ Bowling Green
Week 5 · L 21-41
121
Scrimmage Yards
79.9 takeover
Loss with 121 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
121 scrimmage yards and 30 usage.
#4
@ North Texas
Week 9 · L 49-68 · Conference game
84
Scrimmage Yards
79.5 takeover
Loss with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84 scrimmage yards and 13.5 usage.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 1
45
Scrimmage Yards
73.5 takeover
Game with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and — usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
631 primary output · 52.3 efficiency · 30.5 usage
79.4
#2
2009 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
40.3
243 primary · 47.4 efficiency · 10.1 usage
#3
2008 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
35.8
283 primary · 36.4 efficiency · 13.3 usage
Milestones
3
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
1
2+ TD games
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