Player Dossier

2015-2018

App State

Tae Hayes

DB • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Decatur, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tae Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.6

Efficiency

24.6

Consistency

57.7

Season Value

27.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Tae Hayes, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season · App State. Tae Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.6 disruption score.

Tae Hayes played DB for App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tae Hayes recorded 19 passing yards and 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

App State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 24.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · App State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

24.6

Usage

6.6

Consistency

57.7

Best Game by takeover score

Middle Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 1. Penn State: 1. Charlotte: 1. Unknown: 0. South Alabama: 3. Arkansas State: 1. Louisiana: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Texas State: 3. Georgia State: 0. Troy: 1. Louisiana: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 6 by 35. Charlotte: 3 by 22.5. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 4 by 46.7. Arkansas State: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 5 by 30.8. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. Coastal Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 3 by 42.5. Georgia State: 4 by 16.7. Troy: 2 by 18.3. Louisiana: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.2 · Games = 10 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins
First Half1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

47.5 vs Louisiana

Result
Sun 12/16vs Middle TennesseeW 45-131
Sat 12/1vs LouisianaW 30-19960010
Sat 11/24vs TroyW 21-1021001
Sat 11/17vs Georgia StateW 45-1742000
Sat 11/10@ Texas StateSplash gameW 38-732201
Sat 11/3@ Coastal CarolinaW 23-721000
Thu 10/25@ Georgia SouthernL 14-3411000
Sat 10/20vs LouisianaW 27-1754001
Wed 10/10@ Arkansas StateW 35-9330010
Sat 9/29vs South AlabamaW 52-7430012
Sat 9/22vs Unknown10000
Sat 9/8@ CharlotteW 45-932100
Sat 9/1@ Penn StateL 38-4565001

Career Arc

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    App State

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonApp State120
2016 Regular SeasonApp State110.61.70
2017 PostseasonApp State21.533.57.220.5
2017 Regular SeasonApp State21.533.57.20
2018 PostseasonApp State1324.66.6-8.5
2018 Regular SeasonApp State1324.66.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Troy

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

New Mexico State

5

Primary metric

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 59 takeover score.

#3

Texas State

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.

#4

South Alabama

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.

#5

Massachusetts

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 42.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2015 Regular Season · App State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

40.5

#2

2017 Postseason · App State

32.1

21.5 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 7.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · App State

32.1

21.5 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7744

Decatur · Decatur, AL

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

114

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 35 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.