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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019UCF
Brendon Hayes
DL • 6'3" • 293 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Brendon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UCF
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Player Story
Brendon Hayes built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Brendon Hayes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Brendon Hayes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UCF. Brendon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 32.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 75
- TFL
- 21.5
- Sacks
- 10
- QB hurries
- 16
- Passes defended
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Brendon Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCF · DL
- Career Tackles
- 75
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · UCF
- Top game
- LSU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Brother Martin · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Brother Martin · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 353rd (top 41%) · American Athletic 199th (top 36%) · National 2,162nd (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 8 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 2 | 12.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 5.6 |
| 2018 Postseason | UCF | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCF | 13 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UCF | 10 | 16 | 9 | 6.5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 66 |
Related Context
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Brendon Hayes played DL for UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brendon Hayes recorded 75 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with UCF.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
UCF paired 27.5 primary output with 32.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 31 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · UCF
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
31
Usage
7.9
Consistency
68
Best Game by takeover score
LSU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. LSU: 3. UConn: 0. South Carolina State: 2.5. Florida Atlantic: 1.5. Pittsburgh: 3. SMU: 1. Memphis: 3. East Carolina: 2. Temple: 2.5. Navy: 1.5. Cincinnati: 2. South Florida: 0. Memphis: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. LSU: 7 by 59.2. UConn: 3 by 12.5. South Carolina State: 3 by 37.5. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 23.3. Pittsburgh: 3 by 42.5. SMU: 1 by 14.2. Memphis: 5 by 50.8. East Carolina: 5 by 40.8. Temple: 1 by 29.2. Navy: 6 by 40. Cincinnati: 5 by 40.8. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.6 · Games = 12 · -1.4 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 1 · +1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
LSU
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs LSU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | vs LSUSplash game | L 32-40 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/1 | vs Memphis | W 56-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/23 | @ South Florida | W 38-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | vs CincinnatiSplash game | W 38-13 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Navy | W 35-24 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/1 | vs TempleSplash game | W 52-40 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ East CarolinaSplash game | W 37-10 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ MemphisSplash game | W 31-30 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs SMU | W 48-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs PittsburghSplash game | W 45-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/21 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 56-36 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs South Carolina StateSplash game | W 38-0 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/30 | @ UConn | W 56-17 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Brendon Hayes story
Brendon Hayes built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with UCF. The clearest part of Brendon Hayes' career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 10 sacks, and 1 interception across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Brendon Hayes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UCF
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201820182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | UCF | 3 | 9 | 2.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 6.2 | 0.7 | -2 |
| 2018 Postseason | UCF | 22 | 31 | 7.9 | 21 |
| 2018 Regular Season | UCF | 22 | 31 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UCF | 27.5 | 32.7 | 8.7 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs LSU
Week 1 · L 32-40 · Postseason
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 Houston
Week 10 · W 44-29 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
86.1 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Memphis
Week 7 · W 31-30 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Pittsburgh
Week 4 · L 34-35
5.5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Pittsburgh
Week 5 · W 45-14
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Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · UCF
27.5 primary output · 32.7 efficiency · 8.7 usage
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#2
2018 Postseason · UCF
61.3
22 primary · 31 efficiency · 7.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · UCF
61.3
22 primary · 31 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
15
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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