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Player Dossier
2017-2021Illinois
Blake Hayes
P • 6'6" • 225 lbs • Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Impact contributor
Blake Hayes shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Blake Hayes built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a punter from Melbourne, VIC wearing No. 14, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Blake Hayes' career was his field-position work: 326...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Blake Hayes, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. Blake Hayes shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Rushing yards
- 34
Quick Answers
Blake Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · P
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 57 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Australia · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Australia · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Postseason | Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Blake Hayes played P for Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Blake Hayes recorded 34 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 0. Western Illinois: 0. South Florida: 0. Penn State: 0. Rutgers: 0. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Maryland: 0. Minnesota: 0. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
— vs Northwestern
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Sat 11/24 | @ Northwestern | L 16-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Iowa | L 0-63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Nebraska | L 35-54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Minnesota | W 55-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Maryland | L 33-63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Wisconsin | L 20-49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Purdue | L 7-46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Rutgers | W 38-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Penn State | L 24-63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs South Florida | L 19-25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Western Illinois | W 34-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Kent State | W 31-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Blake Hayes story
Blake Hayes built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a punter from Melbourne, VIC wearing No. 14, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Blake Hayes' career was his field-position work: 326 punts, 14,276 punting yards, and 81 punts inside the 20 across 57 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 34 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 57 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Blake Hayes 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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Illinois
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Postseason | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · L 7-42 · Conference game
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Ohio State
Week 12 · L 14-52 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
vs Indiana
Week 11 · L 14-24 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
@ Purdue
Week 10 · L 10-29 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs Wisconsin
Week 9 · L 10-24 · Conference game
0
Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Illinois
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
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