Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2017South Carolina
Hayden Hurst
TE • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Hayden Hurst reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
39
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Hayden Hurst built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 81, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Hayden Hurst's career was his receiving role:...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 25
- NFL Team
- Baltimore Ravens
Hayden Hurst, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · South Carolina. Hayden Hurst reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,281
- Receptions
- 100
- Touchdowns
- 4
Featured Highlight
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Hayden Hurst South Carolina Highlights
2017 · South Carolina · Player Highlight
Hayden Hurst college highlights at South Carolina.
- Season
- 2017
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Hayden Hurst quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,281
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · South Carolina
- Top game
- Georgia
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 1 · Pick 25 · Baltimore Ravens
- Latest roster
- No. 81 · Class 2017
- 2017 Receiving yards rank
- 559 receiving yards · TE 6th (top 2%) · SEC 19th (top 9%) · National 181st (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Carolina | 5 | 8 | 106 | 0 | 38.6 |
| 2016 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 6 | 86 | 1 | 75 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 42 | 530 | 0 | 75 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 13 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 71.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 13 | 41 | 518 | 3 | 71.3 |
Related Context
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Hayden Hurst played TE for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Hayden Hurst recorded 21 passing yards, 39 rushing yards, and 1,281 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
South Carolina paired 616 primary output with 77.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 69.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · South Carolina
Games
13
Receiving Yards / G
43
Efficiency
69.2
Usage
19.1
Consistency
61.6
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 41. NC State: -2. Missouri: 69. Kentucky: 39. Louisiana Tech: 39. Texas A&M: 76. Arkansas: 76. Tennessee: 0. Vanderbilt: 31. Georgia: 93. Florida: 59. Wofford: 10. Clemson: 28
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. Michigan: 3 by 91.1. NC State: 1 by 0. Missouri: 3 by 100. Kentucky: 4 by 65. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 86.7. Texas A&M: 6 by 84.4. Arkansas: 2 by 100. Vanderbilt: 4 by 51.7. Georgia: 7 by 88.6. Florida: 5 by 78.7. Wofford: 3 by 22.2. Clemson: 3 by 62.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins35.9 · Games = 9 · -23.1 vs Losses
Losses59 · Games = 4 · +23.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia
Best efficiency game
100 vs Arkansas
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1/1 | vs Michigan | W 26-19 | — | 3 | 41 | 7 | 13.70 | 0 | 23 |
| Sun 11/26 | vs Clemson | L 10-34 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Wofford | W 31-10 | — | 3 | 10 | 2.8 | 3.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Florida | W 28-20 | — | 5 | 59 | 11.7 | 11.80 | 0 | 23 |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Georgia | L 10-24 | — | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 13.30 | 0 | 35 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Vanderbilt | W 34-27 | — | 4 | 31 | 7.4 | 7.80 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Tennessee | W 15-9 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Arkansas | W 48-22 | — | 2 | 76 | 22 | 38 | 1 | 62 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Texas A&M | L 17-24 | — | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 12.70 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 17-16 | — | 3 | 39 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Kentucky | L 13-23 | — | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 9.80 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Missouri | W 31-13 | — | 3 | 69 | 17.8 | 23 | 1 | 39 |
| Sat 9/2 | vs NC State | W 35-28 | — | 1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Hayden Hurst story
Hayden Hurst built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 81, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Hayden Hurst's career was his receiving role: 100 catches, 1,281 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 39 rushing yards across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with South Carolina. 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 21 passing yards, 39 rushing yards, and 6 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Hayden Hurst 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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South Carolina
2015-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | South Carolina | 106 | 65.3 | 9 | — |
| 2016 Postseason | South Carolina | 616 | 77.4 | 19 | 510 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Carolina | 616 | 77.4 | 19 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | South Carolina | 559 | 69.2 | 19.1 | -57 |
| 2017 Regular Season | South Carolina | 559 | 69.2 | 19.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Georgia
Week 10 · L 10-24 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
96.2 takeover
93 receiving yards with a 88.6 efficiency score.
#2
vs Texas A&M
Week 5 · L 13-24 · Conference game
90
Receiving Yards
91.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ Kentucky
Week 4 · L 10-17 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
91.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
84 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.
#4
vs Georgia
Week 6 · L 14-28 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
89.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
86 receiving yards with a 95.6 efficiency score.
#5
@ Texas A&M
Week 5 · L 17-24 · Conference game
76
Receiving Yards
88.7 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 84.4 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · South Carolina
616 primary output · 77.4 efficiency · 19 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · South Carolina
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616 primary · 77.4 efficiency · 19 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · South Carolina
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559 primary · 69.2 efficiency · 19.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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