Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Rutgers
Kiy Hester
DB • 6'0" • 208 lbs • Wayne, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kiy Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rutgers
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Kiy Hester built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Wayne, NJ wearing No. 23, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Kiy Hester's career was his defensive production: 112...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Kiy Hester, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers. Kiy Hester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 112
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 14
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Kiy Hester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rutgers · DB
- Career Tackles
- 112
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 30 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · De Paul Catholic · Miami
- High school pipeline
- De Paul Catholic · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DB 307th (top 36%) · Big Ten 150th (top 25%) · National 1,395th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.6 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rutgers | 8 | 51 | 6.5 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 10 | 31 | - | 0 | - | 10 | 4 | 50.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rutgers | 11 | 30 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 10.1 |
Related Context
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Kiy Hester played DB for Rutgers. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kiy Hester recorded 112 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Rutgers.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Rutgers paired 10.5 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Rutgers
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
12.3
Usage
2.1
Consistency
3
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 0. Kansas: 0. Buffalo: 0. Indiana: 0. Illinois: 0. Maryland: 0. Northwestern: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Michigan: 0. Penn State: 1. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 3 by 12.5. Kansas: 6 by 25. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Indiana: 4 by 16.7. Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 22.5. Michigan State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 10 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
25 vs Kansas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Michigan State | L 10-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Penn State | L 7-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Michigan | L 7-42 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ Wisconsin | L 17-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs Northwestern | L 15-18 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ Maryland | L 7-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs Illinois | L 17-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Indiana | L 17-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Buffalo | L 13-42 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Kansas | L 14-55 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Texas State | W 35-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kiy Hester story
Kiy Hester built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Wayne, NJ wearing No. 23, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Kiy Hester's career was his defensive production: 112 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Kiy Hester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rutgers
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rutgers | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rutgers | 10.5 | 39.7 | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 13 | 25.9 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rutgers | 1 | 12.3 | 2.1 | -12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa
Week 4 · L 7-14 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Washington
Week 1 · L 13-48
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Maryland
Week 10 · W 31-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Nebraska
Week 4 · L 17-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio State
Week 5 · L 0-58 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Rutgers
10.5 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 10.2 usage
61.9
#2
2017 Regular Season · Rutgers
50.2
13 primary · 25.9 efficiency · 3.7 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Rutgers
42.6
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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