Player Dossier

2015-2019

UCF

Jordan Hayes

S • 6'0" • 170 lbs • Loganville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jordan Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

26

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Duke • Utah State • UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Jordan Hayes built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a safety from Loganville, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with Duke, UCF, and Utah State. The clearest part of Jordan Hayes' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.84

Grayson · Loganville, GA

Committed To
Duke
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Jordan Hayes, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Duke. Jordan Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
7
Sacks
1.5
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Jordan Hayes quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · S
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Grayson · Duke
High school pipeline
Grayson · 80 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
17 tackles · S 245th (top 51%) · American Athletic 193rd (top 35%) · National 2,126th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonDuke00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonDuke7241.50.5--018.5
2017 Regular SeasonDuke115031-6054.6
2018 Regular SeasonDuke5231.50-1033.1
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State50-0--033.1
2019 Regular SeasonUCF61710-1016.1

Related Context

Jordan Hayes played S for Duke, Utah State, and UCF. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jordan Hayes recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Duke paired 10 primary output with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Duke, Utah State, UCF.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2019 Regular Season · UCF

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

15.2

Usage

2.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida Atlantic: 1. Stanford: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Cincinnati: 0. East Carolina: 0. Temple: 0

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. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 7 by 39.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3. East Carolina: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 10/26@ TempleW 63-2111000
Sat 10/19vs East CarolinaW 41-2841000
Sat 10/5@ CincinnatiL 24-2721000
Sat 9/21@ PittsburghL 34-3576001
Sat 9/14vs StanfordW 45-2710000
Sat 9/7@ Florida AtlanticW 48-1422100

Player Story

Jordan Hayes story

Jordan Hayes built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a safety from Loganville, GA wearing No. 11, spending time with Duke, UCF, and Utah State. The clearest part of Jordan Hayes' career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Jordan Hayes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Duke

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2018

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UCF

    2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonDuke0
2016 Regular SeasonDuke217.23.32
2017 Regular SeasonDuke10284.78
2018 Regular SeasonDuke2.524.28.4-7.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah State2.524.28.40
2019 Regular SeasonUCF215.22.2-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Pittsburgh

Week 8 · L 17-24 · Conference game

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 11 · W 42-35 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Notre Dame

Week 4 · W 38-35

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Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Florida State

Week 7 · L 10-17 · 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.

#5

@ Pittsburgh

Week 4 · L 34-35

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Havoc Plays

59.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Duke

10 primary output · 28 efficiency · 4.7 usage

54.6

#2

2018 Regular Season · Duke

33.1

2.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 8.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Utah State

33.1

2.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games