Player Dossier

2016-2017

Illinois

Ahmari Hayes

DB • 6'3" • 190 lbs • Davis, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ahmari Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

31

Developing production for a defensive back

lowelite

Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Ahmari Hayes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Illinois. Ahmari Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
17
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Ahmari Hayes quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · DB
Career Tackles
17
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Ohio State
Latest roster
No. 27 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
9 tackles · DB 530th (top 67%) · Big Ten 304th (top 49%) · National 2,766th (top 49%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois48-0--039.3
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois39-0-1036.5

Related Context

Ahmari Hayes played DB for Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ahmari Hayes recorded 17 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Illinois paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 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: Ohio 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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2017 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

2.3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Ohio State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. South Florida: 0. Ohio State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 5 by 20.8. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ohio State

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Ohio State

Result
Sat 11/18@ Ohio StateL 14-5231001
Fri 9/15@ South FloridaL 23-4711000
Sun 9/10vs Western KentuckyW 20-754000

Career Arc

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

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    Illinois

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois08.41.2
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois115.82.31

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ohio State

Week 12 · L 14-52 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Kentucky

Week 2 · W 20-7

0

Havoc Plays

19.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 19.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Rutgers

Week 7 · W 24-7 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.5 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Purdue

Week 6 · L 31-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

5.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Wisconsin

Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

2.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 2.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Illinois

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.2 usage

39.3

#2

2017 Regular Season · Illinois

36.5

1 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games